Sgt.-Maj. Tokutaro Nishimura Slocum returned from the world war with a distinguished record of military service that most American men would have embraced with pride. Though Slocum, as a native of Japan, could have claimed exemption from military service, he enlisted in the army at his adopted hometown of Minot, North Dakota, and served in the 328th Infantry, part of the Eighty-second, or All-American, Division made famous by Sgt. Alvin C. York. He was involved in the legendary battles at Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihiel and, like many other World War I soldiers, suffered throughout his life from being gassed. He returned home to continue his study of law at Columbia University, but first he sought to fulfill his lifelong wish to become an American citizen. Accompanied by two boyhood friends from Minot as his witnesses, Tokie Slocum appeared at the office of...