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<br>[00:06.79]my&nbsp;father&nbsp;came&nbsp;from&nbsp;japan&nbsp;in&nbsp;1905
<br>[00:10.32]he&nbsp;was&nbsp;15&nbsp;when&nbsp;he&nbsp;immigrated&nbsp;from&nbsp;japan
<br>[00:13.91]he,&nbsp;he...&nbsp;he&nbsp;worked&nbsp;until&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;buy&nbsp;this&nbsp;patch
<br>[00:17.19]and&nbsp;build&nbsp;a&nbsp;store
<br>[00:18.03]let&nbsp;me&nbsp;tell&nbsp;you&nbsp;the&nbsp;story&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;form&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;dream,
<br>[00:20.19]i&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;know&nbsp;why&nbsp;i&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;tell&nbsp;it&nbsp;but&nbsp;i&nbsp;know&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&nbsp;means,
<br>[00:22.66]close&nbsp;your&nbsp;eyes,&nbsp;just&nbsp;picture&nbsp;the&nbsp;scene,
<br>[00:24.48]as&nbsp;i&nbsp;paint&nbsp;it&nbsp;for&nbsp;you,&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;world&nbsp;war&nbsp;ii,
<br>[00:26.72]when&nbsp;this&nbsp;man&nbsp;named&nbsp;kenji&nbsp;woke&nbsp;up,
<br>[00:28.62]ken&nbsp;was&nbsp;not&nbsp;a&nbsp;soldier,
<br>[00:29.88]he&nbsp;was&nbsp;just&nbsp;a&nbsp;man&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;family&nbsp;who&nbsp;owned&nbsp;a&nbsp;store&nbsp;in&nbsp;la,
<br>[00:33.78]that&nbsp;day,&nbsp;he&nbsp;crawled&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;bed&nbsp;like&nbsp;he&nbsp;always&nbsp;did,
<br>[00:36.67]bacon&nbsp;and&nbsp;eggs&nbsp;with&nbsp;wife&nbsp;and&nbsp;kids,
<br>[00:38.57]he&nbsp;lived&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;second&nbsp;floor&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;store&nbsp;he&nbsp;ran,
<br>[00:41.35]he&nbsp;moved&nbsp;to&nbsp;la&nbsp;from&nbsp;japan,
<br>[00:42.86]they&nbsp;called&nbsp;him&nbsp;’immigrant,’
<br>[00:44.14]in&nbsp;japanese,&nbsp;he’d&nbsp;say&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;called&nbsp;"esay,"
<br>[00:46.94]that&nbsp;meant&nbsp;’first&nbsp;generation&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;united&nbsp;states,’
<br>[00:49.73]when&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;was&nbsp;afraid&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;germans,&nbsp;afraid&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;japs,
<br>[00:52.90]but&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;afraid&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;homeland&nbsp;attack,
<br>[00:55.20]and&nbsp;that&nbsp;morning&nbsp;when&nbsp;ken&nbsp;went&nbsp;out&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;doormat,
<br>[00:57.69]his&nbsp;world&nbsp;went&nbsp;black&nbsp;’cause,
<br>[00:59.20]right&nbsp;there;&nbsp;front&nbsp;page&nbsp;news,
<br>[01:01.16]three&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;before&nbsp;1942,
<br>[01:03.36]"pearl&nbsp;harbour’s&nbsp;been&nbsp;bombed&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;japs&nbsp;are&nbsp;comin’,"
<br>[01:05.73]pictures&nbsp;of&nbsp;soldiers&nbsp;dyin’&nbsp;and&nbsp;runnin’,
<br>[01:07.63]ken&nbsp;knew&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;lead&nbsp;to,
<br>[01:09.46]just&nbsp;like&nbsp;he&nbsp;guessed,&nbsp;the&nbsp;president&nbsp;said,
<br>[01:11.65]"the&nbsp;evil&nbsp;japanese&nbsp;in&nbsp;our&nbsp;home&nbsp;country&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;locked&nbsp;away,"
<br>[01:15.48]they&nbsp;gave&nbsp;ken,&nbsp;a&nbsp;couple&nbsp;of&nbsp;days,
<br>[01:17.33]to&nbsp;get&nbsp;his&nbsp;whole&nbsp;life&nbsp;packed&nbsp;in&nbsp;two&nbsp;bags,
<br>[01:19.39]just&nbsp;two&nbsp;bags,&nbsp;couldn’t&nbsp;even&nbsp;pack&nbsp;his&nbsp;clothes,
<br>[01:22.08]some&nbsp;folks&nbsp;didn’t&nbsp;even&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;suitcase,&nbsp;to&nbsp;pack&nbsp;anything&nbsp;in,
<br>[01:25.45]so&nbsp;two&nbsp;trash&nbsp;bags&nbsp;was&nbsp;all&nbsp;they&nbsp;gave&nbsp;them,
<br>[01:27.74]when&nbsp;the&nbsp;kids&nbsp;asked&nbsp;mum&nbsp;"where&nbsp;are&nbsp;we&nbsp;goin’?"
<br>[01:30.24]nobody&nbsp;even&nbsp;knew&nbsp;what&nbsp;to&nbsp;say&nbsp;to&nbsp;them,
<br>[01:32.43]ken&nbsp;didn’t&nbsp;wanna&nbsp;lie,&nbsp;he&nbsp;said&nbsp;"the&nbsp;us&nbsp;is&nbsp;lookin’&nbsp;for&nbsp;spies,
<br>[01:35.74]so&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;live&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;place&nbsp;called&nbsp;mandinar,
<br>[01:38.33]where&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;japanese&nbsp;people&nbsp;are,"
<br>[01:40.24]stop&nbsp;it&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;look&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;gunmen,
<br>[01:42.24]you&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;wanna&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;soldiers&nbsp;wonderin’,
<br>[01:44.33]if&nbsp;you&nbsp;gonna&nbsp;run&nbsp;or&nbsp;not,
<br>[01:45.86]’cause&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;run&nbsp;then&nbsp;you&nbsp;might&nbsp;get&nbsp;shot,
<br>[01:47.87]other&nbsp;than&nbsp;that&nbsp;try&nbsp;not&nbsp;to&nbsp;think&nbsp;about&nbsp;it,
<br>[01:50.37]try&nbsp;not&nbsp;to&nbsp;worry&nbsp;’bout&nbsp;it;&nbsp;bein’&nbsp;so&nbsp;crowded,
<br>[01:53.03]someday&nbsp;we’ll&nbsp;get&nbsp;out,&nbsp;someday,&nbsp;someday.
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<br>[01:56.49]as&nbsp;soon&nbsp;as&nbsp;war&nbsp;broke&nbsp;out
<br>[01:57.91]the&nbsp;g.i&nbsp;came&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;just&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;house&nbsp;and
<br>[02:01.99]"you&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;come"
<br>[02:03.04]"all&nbsp;the&nbsp;japanese&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;go"
<br>[02:04.81]they&nbsp;took&nbsp;mr.&nbsp;lee
<br>[02:06.59]people&nbsp;didn’t&nbsp;understand
<br>[02:08.24]why&nbsp;did&nbsp;they&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;take&nbsp;him?
<br>[02:09.93]because&nbsp;he’s&nbsp;an&nbsp;innocent&nbsp;labourer
<br>[02:12.13]so&nbsp;now&nbsp;they’re&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;town&nbsp;with&nbsp;soldiers&nbsp;surroundin’&nbsp;them,
<br>[02:15.06]every&nbsp;day,&nbsp;every&nbsp;night&nbsp;look&nbsp;down&nbsp;at&nbsp;them,
<br>[02:17.56]from&nbsp;watch&nbsp;towers&nbsp;up&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;wall,
<br>[02:19.12]ken&nbsp;couldn’t&nbsp;really&nbsp;hate&nbsp;them&nbsp;at&nbsp;all;
<br>[02:21.25]they&nbsp;were&nbsp;just&nbsp;doin’&nbsp;their&nbsp;job&nbsp;and,
<br>[02:23.00]he&nbsp;wasn’t&nbsp;gonna&nbsp;make&nbsp;any&nbsp;problems,
<br>[02:25.73]he&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;garden&nbsp;with&nbsp;vegetables&nbsp;and&nbsp;fruits&nbsp;that,
<br>[02:28.25]he&nbsp;gave&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;troops&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;basket&nbsp;his&nbsp;wife&nbsp;made,
<br>[02:30.73]but&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;back&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;mind,&nbsp;he&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;his&nbsp;families&nbsp;life&nbsp;saved,
<br>[02:33.91]prisoners&nbsp;of&nbsp;war&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;damn&nbsp;country,
<br>[02:36.06]what&nbsp;for?
<br>[02:37.25]time&nbsp;passed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;prison&nbsp;town,
<br>[02:38.88]he&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;them&nbsp;to&nbsp;live&nbsp;it&nbsp;down&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;free,
<br>[02:41.44]the&nbsp;only&nbsp;way&nbsp;out&nbsp;was&nbsp;joinin’&nbsp;the&nbsp;army,
<br>[02:43.66]and&nbsp;supposedly,&nbsp;some&nbsp;men&nbsp;went&nbsp;out&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;army,&nbsp;signed&nbsp;on,
<br>[02:47.25]and&nbsp;ended&nbsp;up&nbsp;flyin’&nbsp;to&nbsp;japan&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;bomb,
<br>[02:49.94]that&nbsp;15&nbsp;kilotonne&nbsp;blast,&nbsp;put&nbsp;an&nbsp;end&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;war&nbsp;pretty&nbsp;fast,
<br>[02:53.88]two&nbsp;cities&nbsp;were&nbsp;blown&nbsp;to&nbsp;bits;&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;war&nbsp;came&nbsp;quick,
<br>[02:57.24]ken&nbsp;got&nbsp;out,&nbsp;big&nbsp;hopes&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;normal&nbsp;life,&nbsp;with&nbsp;his&nbsp;kids&nbsp;and&nbsp;his&nbsp;wife,
<br>[03:01.10]but,&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;got&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;their&nbsp;home,
<br>[03:04.04]what&nbsp;they&nbsp;saw&nbsp;made&nbsp;them&nbsp;feel&nbsp;so&nbsp;alone,
<br>[03:05.82]these&nbsp;people&nbsp;had&nbsp;trashed&nbsp;every&nbsp;room,
<br>[03:07.69]smashed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;windows&nbsp;and&nbsp;bashed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;doors,
<br>[03:10.07]written&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;walls&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;floor,
<br>[03:11.79]"japs&nbsp;not&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;anymore."
<br>[03:14.01]and&nbsp;kenji&nbsp;dropped&nbsp;both&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;bags&nbsp;at&nbsp;his&nbsp;sides&nbsp;and&nbsp;just&nbsp;stood&nbsp;outside,
<br>[03:17.49]he,&nbsp;looked&nbsp;at&nbsp;his&nbsp;wife&nbsp;without&nbsp;words&nbsp;to&nbsp;say,
<br>[03:19.94]she&nbsp;looked&nbsp;back&nbsp;at&nbsp;him&nbsp;wiped&nbsp;the&nbsp;tears&nbsp;away,
<br>[03:22.07]and,&nbsp;said&nbsp;"someday&nbsp;we’ll&nbsp;be&nbsp;okay,&nbsp;someday,"
<br>[03:25.57]now&nbsp;the&nbsp;names&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;changed,&nbsp;but&nbsp;the&nbsp;story’s&nbsp;true,
<br>[03:27.83]my&nbsp;family&nbsp;was&nbsp;locked&nbsp;up&nbsp;back&nbsp;in&nbsp;’42,
<br>[03:30.39]my&nbsp;family&nbsp;was&nbsp;there&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;dark&nbsp;and&nbsp;damp,
<br>[03:32.67]and&nbsp;they&nbsp;called&nbsp;it&nbsp;an&nbsp;internment&nbsp;camp
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<br>[03:34.75]when&nbsp;we&nbsp;first&nbsp;got&nbsp;back&nbsp;from&nbsp;camp...&nbsp;uhh
<br>[03:37.04]it&nbsp;was...&nbsp;pretty...&nbsp;pretty&nbsp;bad
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<br>[03:39.47]i,&nbsp;i&nbsp;remember&nbsp;my&nbsp;husband&nbsp;said
<br>[03:42.32]"are&nbsp;we&nbsp;gonna&nbsp;stay&nbsp;’til&nbsp;last?"
<br>[03:44.83]then&nbsp;my&nbsp;husband&nbsp;died&nbsp;before&nbsp;they&nbsp;close&nbsp;the&nbsp;camp.
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