Zennosuke Inouye's Land: A Canadian Veterans Affairs Dilemma.

In the case of Japanese-Canadian veterans of the Great War, fear and racism eventually drove public policy and in the process trumped veteran solidarity. Thus, during the Second World War, when Japanese Canadians were removed from coastal British Columbia and their possessions sold in their absence, no allowance was made for veterans. But one of them, Zennosuke Inouye, was subsequently able to capitalize on his military service and veteran status to construct a successful case for the return of his property . This was exceptional, but his restoration did not signal a change of heart by the government in relation to Japanese-Canadian veterans generally. Inouye's quest for justice was decidedly personal, and the outcome in his favour was treated as a personal case.