Rising Son : A US Soldier's Secret and Heroic Role in World War II / Sandra Vea.

"An earlier version of this book was published in 2016 under the title Masao."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-299).

The Beginning -- Loss of Home -- Home in Japan -- United States Under Attack -- The Aftermath -- Life of Loneliness -- Finding His Way -- Battle -- Beginning of the End -- Final Journey.

"The remarkable story of a Japanese American who served in a top-secret team in World War II that coaxed Japanese Imperial soldiers from their bunkers on the front lines of the war in the Pacific. Masao Abe was a second-generation Japanese American who was swept up in the momentum of history during World War II. Born in southern California but educated as a teenager in Japan during the 1930s, he returned to the US and was drafted into the US Army. As he completed basic training, the attack on Pearl Harbor put his military career in limbo because the US government didn't know what to do with him or how to think about him--was he an enemy or a patriot? Masao was eventually recruited to join the secretive Military Intelligence Service: he was trained to accompany American soldiers as they fought their way across the islands in the Pacific. His assignment was to convince Japanese Imperial soldiers to lay down their arms, and to read captured documents looking for enemy strategies. He went to war with a bodyguard because his commanders knew he wore a target on his front and his back. This little-known slice of history reveals how the confluence of race, war, and loyalty played out when the nation called for the service of those it judged most harshly"-- Provided by publisher.

"Masao is the biography of Masao Abe, a Japanese-American soldier during World War II. Before dying in Seattle in 2013, he served on a secret detail for the US Army to coax Japanese Imperial soldiers to surrender. The story is written by his son's partner, and it relates Masao's difficult position of being viewed as suspicious by fellow American soldiers and as a traitor to his native country by the Japanese"-- Provided by publisher.