“Six” versus the 100th
Posted on December 5, 2006
Six, that is the number of fluent Arabic speakers employed by the FBI:
the FBI is working hard to increase its pool of six fluent, Arabic-speaking agents.
During World War II, while their own families were interned, Japanese Americans filled the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, and fought to defeat the Axis Powers:
These Japanese American units suffered an unprecedented casualty rate of 314 percent and received over 18,000 individual decorations. Many were awarded after their deaths for bravery and courage in the field of battle. Among the decorations received by the 100th/442nd soldiers were one Medal of Honor, 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, 560 Silver Stars, 28 Oak Leaf Clusters to the Silver Star, 4,000 Bronze Stars and 1,200 Oak Leaf Clusters to the Bronze Star and, perhaps most telling of the sacrifices made by these gallant soldiers, 9,486 Purple Hearts. The 442nd Combat Infantry group emerged as the most decorated combat unit of its size in the history of the United States Army. For its service in eight major campaigns in Italy and France, the 100th Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team earned eight Presidential Unit Citations.
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Only six? That is scary!
Yeah, that’s a pretty pathetic number, but it wouldn’t surprise me to find out the CIA and NSA have been getting priority on the applicants.
Oak Leaf, Can you please check and see if I got caught in spam? I linked to you on this,and it isn’t showing up…And thanks for posting this..it is unexcusable that this is the attitude of the FBI!