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Atkinson, Rick - Author
TO FORDS THEATER THIS EVENING. I'M RICK ATKINSON. I'M AN AUTHOR AND MILITARY HISTORIAN WHO LIVES HERE IN WASHINGTON. AS PART OF THE LINCOLN LEGACY PROJECT...
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| 00:07:30 |
Mineta, Norman Y. - Secretary
II. YOU WERE FROM A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY FROM CALIFORNIA THAT WAS INTERRED IN A CAMP NEAR WYOMING. AMONG THOUSANDS WHO WERE LOCKED UP AFTER THE...
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| 00:15:13 |
Trowell-Harris, Irene - Major General
Vs. THAT THEY HAD FOUGHT THE ENEMY AND HAD WON AND HAD ALSO WON IN THEIR BATTLE TOWARDS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. >> WE'LL COME BACK TO YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE...
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| 00:21:32 |
McNair, Rueben - Veteran
REALLY GOING IS THAT I KNOW I'M HELPING PREPARE SOME FUTURE LEADERS FOR THIS COUNTRY. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. SO GUNNERY...
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| 00:34:35 |
Atkinson, Rick - Author
MENS OF THE ORIGINAL COMPANY THAT I WAS
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| 00:34:38 |
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WITH ARE STILL AROUND TODAY. AND I'M BLESSED TO BE ONE OF THOSE 44. >> TERRIFIC. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS
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| 00:34:46 |
Mineta, Norman Y. - Secretary
FROM THE AUDIENCE. I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MICROPHONES HERE. SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING TO ASK THESE FOLKS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. BY THE...
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| 00:39:00 |
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ABOUT 85% JAPANESE-AMERICANS AND THE BALANCE OTHERS. BUT, AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THE HIGHER RANKING POSITIONS, AT THAT TIME THEY STILL WERE NOT FILLED WITH...
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| 00:39:34 |
Trowell-Harris, Irene - Major General
LIVING CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR TWO GUESTS ON THE RIGHT. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE DETAILS OF HOW YOU LIVED, WHERE YOU BUNKED AND SO FORTH? ON A...
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| 00:42:24 |
Atkinson, Rick - Author
AROUND THE TENTH YEAR. FOR WOMEN THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT STARTING A FAMILY OR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. SO THERE ARE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT IMPACT WOMEN....
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| 00:43:45 |
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DISPARITY. AND BLACK GENERAL OFFICERS RANGE FROM 5% IN THE AIR FORCE TO ABOUT 10% IN THE ARMY. SO, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOT A REPRESENTATION ...
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| 00:44:46 |
McNair, Rueben - Veteran
HOW ARE WE TEACHING? WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT CAN WE DO? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR. McNAIR? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? SHE'S ASKING HOW THE STORIES THAT...
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| 00:46:34 |
Mineta, Norman Y. - Secretary
GRANDCHILDREN, TO ALL MY FAMILY MEMBERS, AND TO OTHER YOUNGSTERS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RACE THAT I TRY TO REACH EVERY DAY. AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY...
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| 00:51:29 |
Trowell-Harris, Irene - Major General
LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES, WHEN WE WERE AT WAR WITH JAPAN, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE MADE THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE IN THESE 30, 40 YEARS SINCEXL...
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| 00:53:05 |
McNair, Rueben - Veteran
PARTICULAR ISSUES, THOUGH. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY THOUGHTS, MR. McNAIR? >> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THINK BACK FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS 10 YEARS OLD IN...
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| 00:54:42 |
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FEW CHANGES IN MY LIFE THAT I CAN THINK OF. HOWEVER, I JUST FEEL GRATEFUL TO, YOU KNOW, BE AROUND. AND I LOOK AT OUR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA. I COULDN'T...
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| 00:57:44 |
Atkinson, Rick - Author
OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS, THESE GUYS ARE STILL BONDED FROM THEIR TIME TOGETHER AS MARINES AT WAR. AND THEY'RE BUDDIES. AND THEY MOURN TOGETHER. AND THEY...
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| 00:58:16 |
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ELEVATOR. IT COULD LIFT
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| 00:58:18 |
Mineta, Norman Y. - Secretary
HIM OUT OF THE PATH THAT HE COULD SEE FOR HIMSELF. AND THAT HE WENT ON TO -- OBVIOUSLY TO GREAT THINGS, BOTH IN THE MILITARY, SECRETARY OF STATE AND...
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| 01:01:50 |
Trowell-Harris, Irene - Major General
PROFESSIONAL, LEGAL CAREERS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT. >> WHO WERE YOUR ROLE MODELS OR EVEN HEROES AS YOU WERE YOUNG OFFICERS...
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| 01:02:52 |
McNair, Rueben - Veteran
NURSE WHO BECOME A COLLEGE DEAN. SHE HAD A DOCTORATE. SHE TOLD ME EARLY ON YOU MUST GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET THAT MASTERS AND DOCTORATE. SHE WAS ONE...
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| 01:05:28 |
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SOMEONE THERE THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. AND CORRECT IT. SO THIS IS THE GOOD PART OF IT. BUT IT'S THERE. AND IT'S THERE TODAY. >> YES, MA'AM....
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| 01:06:30 |
Mineta, Norman Y. - Secretary
MY QUESTION IS DO YOU FIND YOUR YOUR NEEK HERITAGE, LANGUAGE, DO YOU FIND YOUR UNIQUE HERITAGE AND LANGUAGE SKILLS OR JUST YOUR BACKGROUND AS A MINORITY...
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| 01:10:53 |
Atkinson, Rick - Author
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE LANGUAGE SCHOOL AT CHRISSY FIELD AT PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO. THEN THAT WAS
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| 01:11:03 |
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HIS CAREER. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THESE PEOPLE WE SORT OF USED AS OUR -- OUR GUIDING NORTHERN STAR TO LEAD US. >> SO WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME....
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| 01:11:27 |
Trowell-Harris, Irene - Major General
YEARS, DO YOU SEE A -- A MILITARY, PERHAPS EVEN A COUNTRY, THAT IS GENUINELY COLOR BLIND? BLIND WITH RESPECT TO GENDER, TO RACIAL PREFERENCES? YOU'VE...
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| 01:12:10 |
McNair, Rueben - Veteran
CORRECT, THINK ABOUT IT. IN 25 YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE LARGE MINORITY GROUPS. AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE EDUCATED AND BE, YOU KNOW, IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS,...
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| 01:13:06 |
Mineta, Norman Y. - Secretary
TODAY. >> YEAH. YEAH. IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, HAS IT? >> HASN'T HAPPENED SO FAR. >> AND THE FIRST FEMALE GENERAL IN THE ARMY WAS NOT UNTIL 1970, I THINK....
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