- Nov 07, 2020
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day in school, we said the pledge to the flag, 'with liberty and justice for all,' and I believed all that.
- American Citizen
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing.
- American Citizens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't think that the government would go as far as to include American citizens to be interned without a hearing.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anyone should do any pardoning. I should be the one pardoning the government for what they did to the Japanese-American people.
- Bear
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a citizen of the United States, I am ready, willing, and able to bear arms for this country.
- American Citizen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost everything when they put us in prison. I was an enemy alien, a man without a country.
- Fair Trial
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very upset because I did not have a fair trial to prove my loyalty to this country.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really upset because I was branded as an enemy alien when I'm an American.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a lot of money to hire an attorney.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in the U.S. This is my country.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.
- Assumed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm Asian, so they assumed I'm not an American and that I come from Japan. Restaurants would refuse to serve me, and places would refuse to give you a haircut.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was it - I lost my job... I was very discouraged. I wanted to be in defense work... I'm an American, and I have nothin' to do with Japan, and so it's sort of an insult to me.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the war, my parents were very proud people. They'd always talk about Japan and also about the samurai and things like that. Right after Pearl Harbor, they were just real quiet. They kept to themselves; they were afraid to talk about what could happen. I assume they knew that nothing good would come out of it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020