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You

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Why does this happen I

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Am an essay it means I am a second-generation Japanese American

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Oh

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I was 15 when my father, my mother, my older brother and I were put in a U.S. concentration

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camp without a trial. We were Americans, but our crime was being Japanese.

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We resolved and we will show the Americans that we are more American than they are.

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I was too young, but I lied about my age and volunteered for the U.S. Army. I was one of

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the Japanese Americans fighting in Europe. The all-Japanese American 442nd Regiment became the

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most decorated unit in World War II. One general wanted to thank us, but when we assembled, he

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asked, where are the rest of your men? Our commander replied, the rest are killed or wounded, sir.

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After the war, I worked hard to build my practice.

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I think I've been a good American citizen.

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It's my flag. It's my flag.