American Of Japanese Descent Jeep Along A Muddy French Road -- Riding a jeep armed with a heavy machine gun, American soldiers of Japanese ancestry watch for snipers as they move down a muddy French road. A trailer loaded with equipment is towed behind them. Several thousand of these young men, whose ancestors came to the U.S. from Japan, are demonstrating their loyalty by fighting beside their fellow Americans against the enemy in Italy as well as in France. November 20, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).