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Watching “The War” on PBS, there is a slight mention in the second episode about Japanese-American internments playing baseball in order to pass the time. In fact, an entire league was created. A movie came out this year about this, I never heard about it until recently. It’s called American Pastime. I don’t think it did well at the box office, since it’s already out on DVD. It’s amazing that thousands of Japanese-Americans that were forced to live in internment camps ended up fighting for the USA. When asked, they just signed up because it was the right thing to do. The story of Daniel Inouye fascinates me. I was captivated listening to him talk about how his father, who could barely speak english, gave him words of encouragement before he went off to war. “This country has been good to us. It’s given us two jobs. It’s given us education. We owe a lot to this country. Do not dishonor this country. Above all do not dishonor the family. And if you must die, die with honor.”

Rent this movie. See it with your kids, friends and family. As a nation, we are as polarized as I can remember. One nation, under god, indivisible ….