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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.11,0:00:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a veteran of the starship Enterprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.54,0:00:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I soared through the galaxy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.90,0:00:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving a huge starship
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a crew made up of people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.03,0:00:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all over this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.97,0:00:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many different races, many different cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.42,0:00:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many different heritages,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.26,0:00:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all working together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.22,0:00:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our mission was to explore strange new worlds,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.87,0:00:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seek out new life and new civilizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.74,0:00:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.70,0:00:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well —
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.19,0:00:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) —
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.91,0:00:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the grandson of immigrants from Japan
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.56,0:00:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who went to America,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.69,0:00:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boldly going to a strange new world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.18,0:00:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking new opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.01,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was born in Sacramento, California.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.50,0:01:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was a San Franciscan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.94,0:01:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They met and married in Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.68,0:01:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.41,0:01:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was four years old
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.66,0:01:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Pearl Harbor was bombed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.49,0:01:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on December 7, 1941 by Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.23,0:01:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overnight, the world was plunged
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.24,0:01:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a world war.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.67,0:01:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America suddenly was swept up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.63,0:01:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by hysteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.55,0:01:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japanese-Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.02,0:01:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American citizens of Japanese ancestry,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.18,0:01:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were looked on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.52,0:01:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with suspicion and fear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.54,0:01:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with outright hatred
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.51,0:01:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply because we happened to look like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.17,0:01:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people that bombed Pearl Harbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.87,0:01:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the hysteria grew and grew
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.34,0:01:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until in February 1942,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.93,0:01:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the president of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.07,0:02:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.24,0:02:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordered all Japanese-Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.92,0:02:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the West Coast of America
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.03,0:02:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be summarily rounded up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.94,0:02:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no charges, with no trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.15,0:02:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no due process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.57,0:02:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due process, this is a core pillar
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.16,0:02:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.78,0:02:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That all disappeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.21,0:02:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were to be rounded up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.31,0:02:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imprisoned in 10 barbed-wire prison camps
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.57,0:02:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some of the most desolate places in America:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.76,0:02:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blistering hot desert of Arizona,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.19,0:02:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sultry swamps of Arkansas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.65,0:02:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wastelands of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.34,0:02:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and two of the most desolate places in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.78,0:02:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On April 20th, I celebrated my fifth birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.55,0:02:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just a few weeks after my birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.16,0:02:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents got my younger brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.93,0:03:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my baby sister and me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.99,0:03:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up very early one morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.02,0:03:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they dressed us hurriedly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.25,0:03:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother and I were in the living room
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.24,0:03:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking out the front window,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.30,0:03:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we saw two soldiers marching up our driveway.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.15,0:03:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They carried bayonets on their rifles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.67,0:03:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stomped up the front porch
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.47,0:03:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and banged on the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.99,0:03:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father answered it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.09,0:03:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the soldiers ordered us out of our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.84,0:03:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father gave my brother and me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small luggages to carry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.90,0:03:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we walked out and stood on the driveway
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.42,0:03:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for our mother to come out,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.41,0:03:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when my mother finally came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.73,0:03:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had our baby sister in one arm,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.79,0:03:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a huge duffel bag in the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.16,0:03:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tears were streaming down both her cheeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.30,0:04:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never be able to forget that scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.09,0:04:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is burned into my memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.44,0:04:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were taken from our home
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.23,0:04:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loaded on to train cars
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.75,0:04:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other Japanese-American families.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.76,0:04:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were guards stationed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.24,0:04:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at both ends of each car,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.70,0:04:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if we were criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.40,0:04:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were taken two thirds of\Nthe way across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.56,0:04:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rocking on that train for four days and three nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.77,0:04:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the swamps of Arkansas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.50,0:04:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember the barbed wire fence
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.52,0:04:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that confined me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.12,0:04:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the tall sentry tower
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.71,0:04:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the machine guns pointed at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.96,0:04:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the searchlight that followed me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.65,0:04:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I made the night runs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.09,0:04:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my barrack to the latrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.34,0:04:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to five-year-old me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.50,0:04:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was kind of nice that they'd lit the way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.80,0:05:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to pee.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.05,0:05:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.95,0:05:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too young to understand the circumstances
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.57,0:05:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my being there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.00,0:05:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children are amazingly adaptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.77,0:05:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would be grotesquely abnormal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.33,0:05:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became my normality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.18,0:05:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the prisoner of war camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.79,0:05:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became routine for me to line up three times a day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.48,0:05:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat lousy food in a noisy mess hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.23,0:05:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became normal for me to go with my father
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.44,0:05:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bathe in a mass shower.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.38,0:05:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being in a prison, a barbed-wire prison camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.64,0:05:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became my normality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.27,0:05:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the war ended,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.91,0:05:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were released,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.96,0:05:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and given a one-way ticket
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.97,0:05:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to anywhere in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.53,0:05:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents decided to go back home
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.44,0:05:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.00,0:06:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Los Angeles was not a welcoming place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.38,0:06:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were penniless.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.78,0:06:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything had been taken from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.26,0:06:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the hostility was intense.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.69,0:06:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our first home was on Skid Row
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.54,0:06:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the lowest part of our city,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.49,0:06:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living with derelicts, drunkards
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.06,0:06:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crazy people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.08,0:06:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stench of urine all over,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.67,0:06:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the street, in the alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.79,0:06:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hallway.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.11,0:06:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a horrible experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.81,0:06:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for us kids, it was terrorizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.23,0:06:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember once
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.74,0:06:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a drunkard came staggering down,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.69,0:06:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fell down right in front of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.21,0:06:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and threw up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.86,0:06:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My baby sister said, "Mama, let's go back home,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.17,0:06:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because behind barbed wires
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.48,0:06:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was for us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.10,0:06:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.94,0:06:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents worked hard
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.59,0:07:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get back on their feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.55,0:07:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had lost everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.67,0:07:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were at the middle of their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.17,0:07:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and starting all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.80,0:07:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They worked their fingers to the bone,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.35,0:07:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately they were able
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.63,0:07:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the capital together to buy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.12,0:07:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a three-bedroom home in a nice neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.28,0:07:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was a teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.88,0:07:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I became very curious
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.67,0:07:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my childhood imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.94,0:07:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had read civics books that told me about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.98,0:07:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ideals of American democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.69,0:07:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All men are created equal,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.36,0:07:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have an inalienable right
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.27,0:07:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.21,0:07:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't quite make that fit
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.44,0:07:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what I knew to be my childhood imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.83,0:07:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read history books,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.91,0:07:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't find anything about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.78,0:07:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I engaged my father after dinner
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.68,0:08:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in long, sometimes heated conversations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.24,0:08:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had many, many conversations like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.01,0:08:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I got from them
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.79,0:08:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was my father's wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.98,0:08:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the one that suffered the most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.29,0:08:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under those conditions of imprisonment,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.76,0:08:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet he understood American democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.74,0:08:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me that our democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.46,0:08:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a people's democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.57,0:08:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can be as great as the people can be,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.63,0:08:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is also as fallible as people are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.82,0:08:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me that American democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.08,0:08:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is vitally dependent on good people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.08,0:08:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who cherish the ideals of our system
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.05,0:08:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actively engage in the process
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.55,0:08:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making our democracy work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.28,0:08:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he took me to a campaign headquarters —
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.34,0:08:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the governor of Illinois was\Nrunning for the presidency —
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.13,0:08:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and introduced me to American electoral politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.82,0:09:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he also told me about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.18,0:09:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young Japanese-Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.96,0:09:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.02,0:09:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Pearl Harbor was bombed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.82,0:09:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young Japanese-Americans,\Nlike all young Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.81,0:09:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rushed to their draft board
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.30,0:09:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to volunteer to fight for our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.71,0:09:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That act of patriotism
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.14,0:09:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was answered with a slap in the face.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.46,0:09:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were denied service,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.47,0:09:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and categorized as enemy non-alien.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.33,0:09:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was outrageous to be called an enemy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.37,0:09:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're volunteering to fight for your country,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.59,0:09:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that was compounded with the word "non-alien,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.96,0:09:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a word that means
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.07,0:09:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"citizen" in the negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.11,0:09:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They even took the word "citizen" away from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.76,0:10:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imprisoned them for a whole year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.39,0:10:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the government realized
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.38,0:10:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's a wartime manpower shortage,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.75,0:10:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as suddenly as they'd rounded us up,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.13,0:10:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they opened up the military for service
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.25,0:10:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by young Japanese-Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.17,0:10:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was totally irrational,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.84,0:10:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the amazing thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.07,0:10:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the astounding thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.43,0:10:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that thousands of young
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.38,0:10:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japanese-American men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.34,0:10:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again went from behind those barbed-wire fences,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.30,0:10:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put on the same uniform as that of our guards,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.76,0:10:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving their families in imprisonment,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.29,0:10:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight for this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.60,0:10:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said that they were going to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.56,0:10:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only to get their families out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.83,0:10:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from behind those barbed-wire fences,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.39,0:10:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because they cherished the very ideal
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.62,0:10:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what our government stands for,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.84,0:10:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should stand for,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.73,0:10:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was being abrogated
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.23,0:11:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what was being done.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.14,0:11:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All men are created equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.48,0:11:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they went to fight for this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.30,0:11:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were put into a segregated
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.98,0:11:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all Japanese-American unit
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.20,0:11:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent to the battlefields of Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.83,0:11:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they threw themselves into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.90,0:11:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fought with amazing,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.74,0:11:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible courage and valor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.20,0:11:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were sent out on the most dangerous missions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.96,0:11:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they sustained the highest combat casualty rate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.84,0:11:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any unit proportionally.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.65,0:11:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one battle that illustrates that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.94,0:11:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a battle for the Gothic Line.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.99,0:11:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Germans were embedded
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.29,0:11:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this mountain hillside,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.88,0:11:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rocky hillside,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.45,0:11:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in impregnable caves,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.93,0:11:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three allied battalions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.20,0:11:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been pounding away at it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.98,0:11:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for six months,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.46,0:11:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were stalemated.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.89,0:12:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 442nd was called in
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.79,0:12:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to add to the fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.11,0:12:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the men of the 442nd
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.27,0:12:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came up with a unique
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.43,0:12:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but dangerous idea:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.73,0:12:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The backside of the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.53,0:12:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a sheer rock cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.19,0:12:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Germans thought an attack from the backside
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.60,0:12:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.11,0:12:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men of the 442nd decided to do the impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.48,0:12:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a dark, moonless night,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.22,0:12:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they began scaling that rock wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.47,0:12:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a drop of more than 1,000 feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.09,0:12:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in full combat gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.74,0:12:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They climbed all night long
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.58,0:12:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that sheer cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.28,0:12:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.23,0:12:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some lost their handhold
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.31,0:12:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or their footing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.92,0:12:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they fell to their deaths
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.12,0:13:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ravine below.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.20,0:13:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all fell silently.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.63,0:13:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a single one cried out,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.20,0:13:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as not to give their position away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.43,0:13:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men climbed for eight hours straight,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.28,0:13:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who made it to the top
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.40,0:13:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stayed there until the first break of light,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.89,0:13:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as light broke,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.96,0:13:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they attacked.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.56,0:13:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Germans were surprised,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.21,0:13:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they took the hill
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.96,0:13:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and broke the Gothic Line.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.97,0:13:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A six-month stalemate
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.26,0:13:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was broken by the 442nd
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.46,0:13:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 32 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.44,0:13:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an amazing act,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.08,0:13:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the war ended,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.93,0:13:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 442nd returned to the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.15,0:13:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the most decorated unit
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.56,0:13:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the entire Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.48,0:13:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were greeted back on the White House Lawn
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.21,0:14:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by President Truman, who said to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.82,0:14:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You fought not only the enemy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.07,0:14:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but prejudice, and you won."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.69,0:14:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are my heroes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.29,0:14:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They clung to their belief
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.34,0:14:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shining ideals of this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.39,0:14:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they proved that being an American
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.68,0:14:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not just for some people,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.89,0:14:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that race is not how we define being an American.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.32,0:14:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They expanded what it means to be an American,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.90,0:14:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Japanese-Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.22,0:14:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were feared and suspected and hated.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.40,0:14:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were change agents,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.61,0:14:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they left for me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.09,0:14:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.31,0:14:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are my heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.10,0:14:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my father is my hero,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.45,0:14:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who understood democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.26,0:14:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and guided me through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.33,0:15:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave me a legacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.82,0:15:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with that legacy comes a responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.18,0:15:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am dedicated
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.60,0:15:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to making my country
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.59,0:15:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an even better America,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.79,0:15:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to making our government
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.00,0:15:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an even truer democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.50,0:15:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because of the heroes that I have
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.24,0:15:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the struggles that we've gone through,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.86,0:15:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can stand before you
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.86,0:15:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a gay Japanese-American,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.72,0:15:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even more than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.18,0:15:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a proud American.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.19,0:15:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.38,0:15:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)