India, March 4 -- After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in World War II even as their families were locked up in government-run internment camps and declared "alien enemies "of the state. Decades after they returned home from the war to face more racism and discrimination, the soldiers now are being honoured in a new traveling exhibit kicking off in San Francisco called "I am an American: The Nisei Soldier Experience". The title of the show comes from a large sign posted to a Japanese American storefront in Oakland, California, the day after Pearl Harbour.

The 1,500-square-foot (140 square-meter) exhibit features family photos, mementos and short bios of t...