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Kwok, Daphne - Member
GREAT PLEASURE OF TAKING THE CODE TALKERS AND THE SENIORS TO GO SEE THE ART OF GA MAUN EXHIBIT THAT THERE. THAT IS WORK DONE BY JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
US TONIGHT IN THIS GREAT CEREMONY. I AM ALSO VERY THANKFUL TO THE BOARD FOR REELECTING ME FOR YET ANOTHER TERM. I DO ENJOY THIS WORK AND I'M HONORED...
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Fujisaki, Ichiro - Ambassador
YOU DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND FINANCE MINISTER MR. KAHN WAS HERE IN TOWN FOR THE G-20 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING. BEFORE GOING...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
SPONSORS. AND WE ARE DEEPLY INDEBTED TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WHO IS THE OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE NATIONAL JAPANESE-AMERICAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, AND...
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Kwok, Daphne - Member
FONDATION. TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THREE OF THE FAMED WORLD WAR II CODE TALKERS TODAY AS WELL AS A DECEDENT. KEITH IT ISSERVED WITH THE FOURTH...
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Taguba, Antonio - Major General
ALWAYS HAVE TO ASK THAT. WELL, TONIGHT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS AND THEIR CHAPERONES. AND IF I...
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Kwok, Daphne - Member
FRANKLIN OTO TO HELP US BRING THIS EVENING INTO PERSPECTIVE. HE RECENTLY RETIRED AS A FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF ASIAN PACIFIC FOUND AT THE SMITHSONIAN...
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Odo, Franklin - Director
OUR TURBULENT HISTORY HAVE DEPENDED GREATLY ON INTELLIGENCE. I REFER TO TWO TYPE WAS INTELLIGENCE. THE FIRST IS THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE AND PROCESS...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE GORDON OWGAGI WHO WILL PRESENT THE WARD FOR PATRIOTISM. GORDON IS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY....
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Aoyagi, Gordon A. - Member
AWARD. THE AWARD FOR PATRIOTISM IS GIVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION WHOSE MILITARY OR OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATION'S PEACE, SECURITY, AND...
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Little, Keith - Code Talker
MEXICO. AND IT IS A, INDEED IT IS AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE AWARD. WE NEVER HAVE REALIZED WHEN WE WERE IN A WAR THAT OUR LANGUAGE...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
SO PART OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS SO WE CAN HEAR THEIR STORY, A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR STORY, AT LEAST, AND SO CHRIS IS GOING...
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Tso, Samuel - Code Talker
FEW WORDS. THAT'S
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Tso, Samuel - Code Talker
A [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] THAT IS A CODE WORD FOR SECURE. THAT WAS USED WHEN THEY RAISED A FLAG ON MT. SERAPOCHI. 1945. ON FEBRUARY 23rd....
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
PETER. PETER, DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE A CODE TALKER WHEN YOU ENLISTED IN THE ARMY? >> NO. I DID NOT KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE A CODE TALKER...
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MacDonald, Peter - Code Talker
BOOT CAMP AND ARRIVED AT CAMP PENDLETON, WENT THROUGH COMBAT TRAINING, AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING TO GO INTO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL. BUT...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
DID. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS NEVER CALLED A CODE TALKER. IT WAS JUST
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MacDonald, Peter - Code Talker
A COMMUNICATION SCHOOL. IT WAS KEPT VERY, VERY SECRET, SO EVERYTHING WE LEARNED IN CLASSROOMS WE KEPT, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP NOTES. EVERYTHING...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
TREATMENT THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WHY DID YOU WANT TO FIGHT? >> BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LAND AND WE WANT TO DEFEND OUR LAND. IN MANY RESPECTS...
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MacDonald, Peter - Code Talker
NATIONAL JAPANESE-AMERICANS HAVE SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE. BUT ONE DIFFERENCE. UNITED STATES PUT YOU ON THE RESERVATION FOR FOUR YEARS AND...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
ANSWER? >> OKAY. >> DESPITE THE MISTREATMENT THAT YOU RECEIVED, WHY DID
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Little, Keith - Code Talker
YOU WANT TO
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
FIGHT? >> WE'RE VERY DEDICATED TO OUR LAND. LAND IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK OF IT AS
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Little, Keith - Code Talker
A SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR LAND, YOU LOOK AFTER IT, AND LIVE WITH IT IN HARMONY, TAKE CARE OF IT, IT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. SO...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
HERE. THERE HE IS. THERE YOU ARE, MIKE. STAND AND TAKE A BOW. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. LITTLE. WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU THAT YOU COULDN'T...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
NATIVE LANGUAGE IN SCHOOL? >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS BAFFLING FOR ME, FRUSTRATED.
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Little, Keith - Code Talker
ANGER. AND I WANTED TO GET AFTER THE, IF YOU CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS, IF YOU WERE FORCED TO SPEAK AND YOU WANT TO LEARN, EITHER SOMEBODY IS PRODDING YOU...
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Uchida, Craig - Chairman
PLEASE. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PROGRAM FOR THE EVENING. THERE IS FOOD AND DRINK TOWARDS THAT END. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. ENJOY YOURSELF....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.