Milestone: Becomes a founding member of The Howling Commandos
Jim Morita is a Japanese-American soldier of the 107th Infantry Regiment, captured by Hydra and held in Schmidt's Austrian weapons facility. He is among the prisoners freed when Steve Rogers storms the base to rescue the captured men. When Dum Dum Dugan eyes him with suspicion during the breakout, wondering aloud whether they are taking everybody, Morita answers dryly that he is from Fresno, staking his claim as an American with a single line.
He joins the elite team Rogers assembles to fight Hydra, becoming one of the Howling Commandos. Armed with a submachine gun, he fights alongside Captain America through the war on Hydra's bases and remains a wry, steady presence in the unit's planning and its raids across Europe.