The service of the nisei in the Second World War was not publicized by the Canadian government. They were not given any special awards or ceremonies and their work was not publicly recognized in the way that the military service of nisei (such as the soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team) was highlighted in the US.
“The nisei contribution to the Canadian war record rested – through no fault of their own – upon what was a short and far from glamorous period of accomplishment; moreover, its impact on race relations in Canada was almost negligible (Adachi, 1976, p. 195)”.
