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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.75,0:00:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a veteran of\Nthe Starship Enterprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.13,0:00:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.56,0:00:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I soared through the galaxy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.45,0:00:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving a huge starship,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.38,0:00:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a crew made up of people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.47,0:00:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all over this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.65,0:00:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many different races,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.58,0:00:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many different cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.26,0:00:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many different heritages,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.28,0:00:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all working together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.97,0:00:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our mission was to explore\Nstrange new worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.14,0:00:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seek out new life\Nand new civilizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.71,0:00:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to boldly go\Nwhere no one has gone before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.49,0:00:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.33,0:00:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.30,0:00:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.02,0:01:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the grandson\Nof immigrants from Japan
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.66,0:01:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who went to America,\Nboldly going to a strange new world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.84,0:01:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking new opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.11,0:01:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was born\Nin Sacramento, California.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.79,0:01:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was a San Franciscan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.15,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They met and married\Nin Los Angeles, and I was born there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.44,0:01:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was four years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.38,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Pearl Harbor was bombed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on December 7, 1941 by Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.47,0:01:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over night, the world was \Nplunged into a world war.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.93,0:01:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America suddenly\Nwas swept up by hysteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.17,0:01:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japanese Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.05,0:01:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American citizens\Nof Japanese ancestry
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.89,0:01:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were looked on \Nwith suspicion and fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.19,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with outright hatred --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.35,0:02:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply because we happened \Nto look like the people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.58,0:02:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bombed Pearl Harbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.64,0:02:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the hysteria grew and grew
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.05,0:02:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until, in February 1942,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.01,0:02:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the President of the United States,\NFranklin Delano Roosevelt,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.27,0:02:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordered all Japanese Americans\Non the west coast of America
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.07,0:02:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be summarily rounded up,\Nwith no charges,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.19,0:02:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.02,0:02:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no due process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due process is the core pillar\Nof our justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.70,0:02:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all disappeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.28,0:02:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were to be rounded up\Nand imprisoned
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.28,0:02:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ten barbed-wire prison camps
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.29,0:02:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some of the most\Ndesolate places in America --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.41,0:02:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blistering hot desert of Arizona,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.88,0:02:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sultry swamps of Arkansas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.54,0:02:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wastelands of Wyoming,\NIdaho, Utah, Colorado,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.82,0:03:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two of the most desolate\Nplaces in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.50,0:03:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On April 20th, \NI celebrated my fifth birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.67,0:03:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, just a few weeks \Nafter my birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.76,0:03:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents got my younger brother,\Nmy baby sister, and me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.94,0:03:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up very early one morning,\Nand they dressed us hurriedly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.53,0:03:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother and I \Nwere in the living room
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.40,0:03:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking out the front window,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.20,0:03:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we saw two soldiers\Nmarching up our driveway.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.90,0:03:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They carried bayonets\Non their rifle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.78,0:03:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stomped up the front porch\Nand banged on the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.62,0:03:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father answered it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.70,0:03:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these soldiers ordered us\Nout of our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.78,0:03:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father gave my brother and me\Nsmall luggage to carry.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.64,0:03:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked out and stood on the driveway,\Nwaiting for our mother to come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.78,0:04:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when my mother finally came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.55,0:04:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had our baby sister in one arm,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.65,0:04:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a huge duffle bag in the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.93,0:04:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tears were streaming down \Nboth her cheeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.13,0:04:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never be able to\Nforget that scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.02,0:04:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is burned into my memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.72,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were taken from our home\Nand loaded onto train cars
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.76,0:04:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other Japanese-American families.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.63,0:04:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were guards stationed \Nat both ends of each car,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.43,0:04:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if we were criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.20,0:04:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were taken two thirds \Nof the way across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.15,0:04:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rocking on that train \Nfor four days and three nights
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.67,0:04:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the swamps of Arkansas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.21,0:04:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember the barbed-wire fence\Nthat confined me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.72,0:04:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the tall sentry tower\Nwith the machine guns pointed at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.78,0:05:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the search light\Nthat followed me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.74,0:05:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I made the night-runs\Nfrom my barrack to the latrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.10,0:05:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to five-year-old me,\NI thought it was kind of nice
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.05,0:05:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they'd lit the way\Nfor me to pee.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.53,0:05:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.09,0:05:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a child, \Ntoo young to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.29,0:05:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the circumstances of my being there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.93,0:05:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children are amazingly adaptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.53,0:05:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would be \Ngrotesquely abnormal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.89,0:05:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became my normality\Nin the prisoner-of-war camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.29,0:05:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became routine for me\Nto line up three times a day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.47,0:05:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat lousy food in a noisy mess hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.65,0:05:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became normal for me\Nto go with my father
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.33,0:05:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bathe in a mass-shower.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.46,0:05:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being in a prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.20,0:05:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a barbed-wire prison camp\Nbecame my normality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.80,0:06:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the war ended, \Nwe were released
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.03,0:06:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and given a one-way ticket\Nto anywhere in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.26,0:06:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents decided to go \Nback home to Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.97,0:06:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Los Angeles was not a welcoming place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.42,0:06:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were penniless.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.85,0:06:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything had been taken from us,\Nand the hostility was intense.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.58,0:06:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our first home was on Skid Row,\Nin the lowest part of our city,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.27,0:06:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living with derelicts, drunkards,\Nand crazy people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.51,0:06:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stench of urine all over,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.55,0:06:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.09,0:06:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.60,0:06:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hallway.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.08,0:06:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a horrible experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.85,0:06:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for us kids, it was terrorizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.02,0:06:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember, once,\Na drunkard came staggering down,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.50,0:06:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fell down right in front of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.16,0:06:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and threw up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.62,0:07:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My baby sister said,\N"Mama, let's go back home!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.69,0:07:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because behind barbed wires\Nwas, for us, home.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.52,0:07:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents worked hard\Nto get back on their feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.29,0:07:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd lost everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.69,0:07:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were at the middle of their lives\Nand starting all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.69,0:07:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They worked their fingers to the bone,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.27,0:07:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, ultimately, they were able\Nto get the capital together
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.09,0:07:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to buy a three-bedroom home\Nin a nice neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.88,0:07:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.71,0:07:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I became very curious\Nabout my childhood imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.31,0:07:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd read civics books,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.94,0:07:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that told me about the ideals\Nof American democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.11,0:07:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All men are created equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.51,0:07:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have inalienable right
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.22,0:07:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to life, liberty,\Nand the pursuit of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.11,0:07:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't quite make that fit
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.36,0:08:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what I knew to be\Nmy childhood imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.93,0:08:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read history books\Nand I couldn't find anything about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.99,0:08:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I engaged my father after dinner\Nin long, sometimes heated, conversations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.95,0:08:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had many, many\Nconversations like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.07,0:08:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I got from them\Nwas my father's wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.90,0:08:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the one\Nthat suffered the most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.18,0:08:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under those conditions\Nof imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.61,0:08:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, he understood\NAmerican democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.42,0:08:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me that our democracy\Nis a people's democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.34,0:08:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can be as great\Nas the people can be,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.61,0:08:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is also as fallible\Nas people are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.60,0:08:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me that American democracy\Nis vitally dependent
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.89,0:08:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on good people who cherish \Nthe ideals of our system,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.18,0:09:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actively engage in the process\Nof making our democracy work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.45,0:09:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he took me to a campaign headquarter.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.08,0:09:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Governor of Illinois\Nwas running for the Presidency
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.18,0:09:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and introduced me to\NAmerican electoral politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.90,0:09:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he also told me about\Nyoung Japanese Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.92,0:09:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Second Word War.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.94,0:09:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Pearl Harbor was bombed,\Nyoung Japanese Americans --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.88,0:09:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like all young Americans --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.84,0:09:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rushed to their draft board\Nto volunteer to fight for our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.54,0:09:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That act of patriotism was answered \Nwith a slap in the face.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.28,0:09:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were denied service\Nand categorized as "enemy non-alien."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.32,0:09:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was outrageous\Nto be called an enemy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.36,0:09:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are volunteering\Nto fight for your country.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.52,0:09:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was compounded \Nwith the word "non-alien,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.50,0:10:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a word that means\N"citizen" in the negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.94,0:10:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They even took \Nthe word "citizen" away from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.80,0:10:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imprisoned them for a whole year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.14,0:10:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the government realized that\Nthere is a war-time manpower shortage.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.46,0:10:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as suddenly as they rounded us up
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.74,0:10:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they opened up the military\Nfor service by young Japanese Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.86,0:10:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was totally irrational\Nbut the amazing thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.16,0:10:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the astounding thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.06,0:10:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that thousands of young\NJapanese American men and women,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.56,0:10:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, went from behind \Nthose barbed-wire fences,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.86,0:10:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put on the same uniform\Nas that of our guards,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.70,0:10:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving their families in imprisonment,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.86,0:10:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight for this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.40,0:10:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said that \Nthey were going to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.42,0:11:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only to get their families\Nout from behind those barbed-wire fences
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.34,0:11:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because they cherished \Nthe very ideal
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.48,0:11:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what our government stands for --\Nshould stand for --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.70,0:11:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was being abrogated \Nby what was being done:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.90,0:11:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All men are created equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.48,0:11:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they went to fight for this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.84,0:11:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were put into a segregated \Nall Japanese-American unit
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.98,0:11:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent to the battlefields of Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.92,0:11:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they threw themselves into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.02,0:11:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fought with amazing,\Nincredible courage and valor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.46,0:11:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were sent out\Non the most dangerous missions,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.78,0:11:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sustained\Nthe highest combat casualty rate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.06,0:11:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any unit proportionally.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.40,0:11:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one battle\Nthat illustrates that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.22,0:11:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a battle for the Gothic Line.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.12,0:12:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Germans were embedded\Nin this mountain hillside,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.55,0:12:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rocky hillside,\Nin impregnable caves.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.27,0:12:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And three ally battalions had been \Npounding away at it for six months,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.47,0:12:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were stalemated.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.89,0:12:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 442nd was called in\Nto add to the fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.56,0:12:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the men of the 442nd came up\Nwith a unique but dangerous idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.72,0:12:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The backside of the mountain\Nwas a sheer rock cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.20,0:12:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Germans thought\Nan attack from the backside
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.49,0:12:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.53,0:12:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men of the 442nd decided\Nto do the impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.58,0:12:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a dark moonless night,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.85,0:12:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they began scaling that rock wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.28,0:12:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a drop of more than a thousand feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.96,0:12:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in full combat gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.80,0:13:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They climbed all night long
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.59,0:13:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that sheer cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.22,0:13:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the darkness, some lost\Ntheir handhold or their footing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.16,0:13:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they fell to their death\Nin the ravine below.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.29,0:13:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all fell -- silently.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.39,0:13:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a single one cried out,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.01,0:13:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as not to give their position away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.30,0:13:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men climbed\Nfor eight hours straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.21,0:13:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who made it to the top
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.52,0:13:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stayed there until\Nthe first break of light.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.79,0:13:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as soon as light broke,\Nthey attacked.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.43,0:13:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Germans were surprised,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.37,0:13:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they took the hill\Nand broke the Gothic Line.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.97,0:13:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A six months stalemate\Nwas broken by the 442nd in 32 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.95,0:13:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an amazing act.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.68,0:14:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the war ended,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.79,0:14:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 442nd returned\Nto the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.77,0:14:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the most decorated unit\Nof the entire Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.42,0:14:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were greeted back\Non the White House lawn
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.93,0:14:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by President Truman\Nwho said to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.96,0:14:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You fought not only the enemy\Nbut prejudice, and you won."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.54,0:14:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are my heroes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.07,0:14:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They clung to their belief
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.35,0:14:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shining ideals \Nof this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.38,0:14:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they proved
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.18,0:14:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that being an American
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.52,0:14:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not just for some people,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.92,0:14:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that race is not
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.74,0:14:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we define being an American.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.10,0:14:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They expanded\Nwhat it means to be an American,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.80,0:14:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Japanese-Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.96,0:14:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were feared\Nand suspected and hated.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.45,0:14:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were change-agents,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.39,0:15:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they left for me a legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.09,0:15:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are my heroes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.89,0:15:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my father is my hero
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.17,0:15:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who understood democracy\Nand guided me through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.20,0:15:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave me a legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.92,0:15:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that legacy\Ncomes a responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.32,0:15:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am dedicated
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.60,0:15:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to making my country\Nan even better America,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.82,0:15:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to making our government\Nan even truer democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.58,0:15:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because\Nof the heroes that I have
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.84,0:15:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the struggles\Nthat we've gone through
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.92,0:15:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can stand before you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.94,0:15:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a gay Japanese American,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.60,0:15:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even more than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.31,0:15:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a proud American.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.93,0:15:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.67,0:15:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)