Go For Break Monument

The Go For Broke Monument was created by Japanese Americans to commemorate three Japanese American military units: the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor that resulted in the US entering WWII, Japanese Americans face a lot of segregation. Japanese American service men were sent back to the mainland for training, and civilians were sent to live in camps because the US government feared that spies would pass information to the Japanese government. Despite this, Japanese Americans still fought in the war and supported the war effort.

In 1999 the Go For Broke Monument was erected in Little Tokyo.