Sorry im late, sweetheart. How can we afford a new car . The bank just cleared us a loan for two new stores. Its called franchising. I thought they said no. I wento the old backup plan. The backup plan being dont give up . Never fails. Is this a packard . Yep. Gonna drive you tort classes in style. Hey, what do we have here . Some fatheads at school. Blame me for pearl harbor. Were as american as those boys. You sock em back . I thought fighting was bad. It is. But standing up for yourself is another thing, son. Dont forget that. Huh . Game of touch, mr. T. . Absolutely, skip. Here you go. Come on, huddle up, billy. You, too, honey. Lets go. Skip, youre going down. I dont think so. Come on. You stay away there, skip. Lets do ts. Ready . Team. 342 342 oh, never seen sh a swelllooking center. What are ya doing after the game, hotcakes . Wouldnt you le to know. Dad, come on all right, hike . Jumps when he plays reveille hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b. Hes the boogie woogie song ends dad . All japanese persons, both alien and nonalien, will be evacuated by noon on april 7, 1942. What do they mean, alien and nonalien . They mean us. sighs court that bad . Yeah. Coffee there makes this stuff gourmet. Last day of bosss suspension. Jeffries said he put in his retirement papers. Any word on wholl be coming in . Well, not jeffries. Some clown from west. Been reassigned six times. Dont know what id do if i didnt come here every day. Some things id miss. Some things i wouldnt, like court. Hmm. Well, pains in the ass, those adas. Yeah, real pains. Usually, that is. More like 24 7. Woman excuse me. Are you detectives . Yeah. My father, raymond takahashi, was killed in 1945. They never caught who did it. 60plus years ago, long time. I just found a 20,000 check from the government issued to my mother in 1990. Tax refund . Restitution. My family was at the manzanar relocation center. Manzanar, whats that . A camp in california where they held japanese americans during world war ii. An internment camp. I was born there. So whats that got to do with your fathers murder . My father was killed a few months after we got out and moved to philly. Maybe the police were looking inhe wrong place for his murderer . Maybe. I found this old picture. Of my parents and my big brother, billy. He died in the war. The way she smiled at them. She never looks at me like that. Id love one chance to meet the woman in that picture. Well take a look. Cant promis well find anything. I understand. Thank you. So, the guy survives being locked up in an internment camp. Only to be killed in the city of brotherly love. Captioning sponsored by warner bros. Television [ male announcer ] if your road trtaking in the sceneryof and hey, theyre taking our stuff, no need to panic. 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What . thats the walmart low price guarantee backed by ad match. Save time and money getting your kids ready for school. Bring in receipts from your local stores and see for yourself. Save more this back to school on convenient after School Snacks with low prices on gushers value packs and hot pockets sandwiches with our low price guarantee backed by ad match. Ray takahashi. Body found a few blocks from the old municipal stadium. Night of the Army Navy Football game. He was beaten, pushed down a flight of stairs, broke his neck. Theory was, some drunk bigot roughed him up. All of two interviews. O far. Worked real hard on this one. cause, a japs a jap, right . Well, rays family lived in california till fdr banned all japaneseamericans from the west coast in 1942. Jeffries over 100,000 were forced into camps without due process. Most were born and raised here. And none were ever arrested for espionage. Rays son, billy, gave up his life for the american dream. Died overseas in 1944. Found an empty envelope on rays body. Addressed to him in manzanar. Return address just says apo513. Army post office how we used to get our mail home. The letter could be from his kid, billy. Not likely; it was mailed november 27, 1944. Billy died october 30. Jeffries an envelope, no letter. Contents could be a motive. So, whats our letter writer hiding . Something that happened at manzanar . Lets track down all the records we can get from there, and have latents take a look. Good luck getting a print off a 60yearold envelope. Boss was military, too. Might have some input. Youd have better luck with the print. Thank you. Quiet getting to you . Im not much of a cook, frankly. Right. You here for the chili . No, for a job. Japaneseamerican camp internee killed in 45. Night of the Army Navy Game. My father went to that game. Proud army man. Well, it mustve broke his heart. You going navy. He got over it. Eventually. Found this on our victims body. Apos the only clue to who sent it. Well, have latents take a look. Im sure jeffries already told you that. Our victims son, billy, died in the war. Was an army guy, 442n all japaneseamerican unit. Most decorated battalion for its size. I could use your eyes on this one, boss. I put my papers in already, lil. You know that. So whatre we supposed to do without you kicking our asses . chuckles huh . Youll survive. Enjoy your chili. Why did you bring this stranger here, barbara . You know i dont want to talk about it. Its been 62 years, mom. Isnt it time you did . You recognize this, mrs. Takahashi . No. Your husband had it when he was killed. He know anyone in the army who mightve sent . No. Thats quite the picture. You draw that . My son did. Billy. Thats him with his best friend, skip, from home. Heard about your sons unit, the 442nd. Not many have. Real heroic guys. The war was supposed to make us equal. It didnt. Because you were in the camps . Its okay to talk about it, mom. What difference does it make . Solving your husbands murder. Maybe manzanar had something to do with it. Why . We were just a number. No names. 8108. Like criminals. He make any enemies there . From the moment we arrived. Man lets go bring it out lets go come on, right now were moving it out, quickly quickly come on, right here right here in a line right here lets go therell be bluebirds over the white cliffs of dov therell be bluenot too long. Its for our own protection. But why are the guns pointed at us . Billy, we just sit tight, be good citizens and well be out of here licketysplit, understand . Your name, sir . Takahashi. Okay, you will be in block 18, room 7 with the watanabe family. We have to share . At least well be together. Mattresses. Down the way, you can fill them with straw. Uh, so how is the school here . Bet you folks didnt know youve got a young rembrandt visiting. Oh. Are you an artist . I guess. Me, too. I teach a pen and ink class. Its going to be fun. I made this. So that you dont forget youre americans. I just wanted to give you some sort of welcome. Well, your smi is welcome enough. Ive seen nothing but frowns all day. Suns still shinning. Dont understand. He messing with you, mary anne . No, larry. Its okay. Dont know why they let you people in this country. I was born here. Uhhuh. Bet you got cousins in the old country fighting for the eeror. Scholz. That german . Your cousins fighting for hitler . You watch it, mister. Pick it up. I said pick it up, jap. vera lynns white cliffs of dover continues the funny thing about wars, kid. They always find a way to end. Hope we meet outside this fence one day. Count on that. Yeah. And this guard had it out for your husband . He trolled the camp, gun at the ready, looking for trouble. He and ray ever have another runin . Not that i know of. Vera i found our guard. Larry scholz. Shipped out of manzanar in 43. Stationed in italy till the end of the war. A rocksolid alibi if i ever heard one. Vera not quite. Got a medal at the 1945 Army Navy Game, here in philly. Its the same night ray was killed. Valens maybe they met up again, and larry decided the world needed one less jap. cause keeping them in prison wasnt enough. We were at war. Theyd have done the same to us if we were in japan. Feel the same if it was your family . So wheres larry scholzs current place of residence . Uh. Va hospital in virginia. Whoa. Thats a fivehour drive. Vera larry scho . Miller philly pd. Here about ray takahasi. Taga what . Hashi. Takahashi. He was at the manzanar internment camp in 1942, under your watch. Vera murdered in 45. Witness thinks you had a beef with him. Beef . You kidding me . I was just doing my job. We were at war. Did you. Send this to ray while overseas . Never seen that before in my life. Look close. Ill look all you want. I didnt send that letter to some enemy of the state. Hated the guy, didnt you . Kept tabs on him at camp, sure. Part of my duties. How long did you watch ray for . Till i realized his old ball and chain was keeping him too busy to make any trouble. this is no laughing matter by glenn miller plays you drawing me another pretty blue jay . Sure, ma. Hey, roosevelt lifted the ban against japaneseamerican enlistment. Does that mean we can leave . Oh, no. But it means you can enlist, son. Enlist . Prove were as american as the rest. Ray youre going to make a great soldier. I know you got it in you. This what id be fighting for . Billy. What would i say on the first day, dad . Private 8108, reporting to duty . This is just temporary. We act right, prove ourselves, theyll see we dont belong here. Im not going. Ray what the hells the matter with him . Evelyn weve been acting right for a year already in this place. The whole countrys making sacrifices. We have to play our part. Were living in a shack, standing in line for food like beggars. We have lost everything we worked for. Open your eyes, ray for once. Wait, wait, wait wait, wait. Come on evelyn. You love those plates. Im pregnant. What . You are . Thats fantastic. I cant raise a baby in a place like this. Not as a prisoner. While you break my heart. Didnt have it in me to harass him after that. Real sweet of you, larry. Where were you the night of the Army Navy Game . Getting my medal. Ask truman. Ceremony didnt last all night. Talk to my commanding officer. Hes right down the hall. In the president s suite. Rush larry scholzs lieutenant confirmed his alibi. A real door prize, that guy. Forgot your file, will. John. Good to see you. Just dropping it off. Any oughts on who sent the envelope . I talked to my military contacts about it. The Army Post Office number came from a french hospital. No army examiners stamp. Meaning . Meaning it didnt go through inspection. It came from an officer. Hmm. Thanks. Got to go. Good luck. Just dropping something off. Right. Manzanar logs. One visitor the three years ray was there. Skip robertson. 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Ensure the water you drink at home is truly clean for your family with the pur faucet filtration system. The multiplelayer filters are certified to reduce contaminants others could leave behind starting at just 20. Try pur faucet filters today. Starting at just 20. Appreciate you driving out from jersey, skip. Oh, please, call me eugene. Hmm. Recognize this handwriting . Yeah. Its mine. Whered you get it . Ray takahashi had it when someone pushed him down a flight of stairs the night of the Army Navy Game in 45. Ray takahashi was murdered . You that someone, skip . Give him a push . Probably were in town for the game. Right . I was with my army buddies all night, and i can give you names. Do that. Listen, billy was my best friend. The takahashis were like family to me. Look, after billy died, i was sent to the South Pacific and we lost touch. What was in the envelope . It was the last letter billy wrote before he died. I found it on his things and sent it to his family. Whatd it say . I dont know. Listen, billy was a brave soldier. They all were, the 442nd. Billy didnt seem like your average gungho soldier. He didnt want to enlist, and it broke rays heart. And thats the reason ray asked me to come visit. praise the lord and pass the ammunition plays i just cant wait to get overseas. Let those nazis have it. Your parents must be so proud. Your dad says youre not joining up. No matter what we do, well always be japs to them. Hey, you wont fight for this country, you make them right about us, billy. What do you know about fighting . What . Why didnt you sock that guard, dad . I thought you were supposed to stand up for yourself. Ray you are. But things arent so simple now, not in this world. They treat us like dirt here. How can you ask me to fight when you wont . Man ray. You been telling bs on the block to enlist . You stay out of this, shinji. No, you stay out. This country treats our children like caged animals. Lower your voice. The guards will hear you, send you away. Guards. You know what this is . Toilet paper. Guess what we are. grunts he do this . Dont ask me that, guard. Ill ask what i want, tojo. Did this man desecrate the American Flag . Yes. You worthless traitor youll have our boys blood on your hands this isnt over, ray this isnt over our kids think about it our kids praise the lord and pass the ammunition and well all be free. Never forget the look on his face. Do you know if shinji and ray clashed again after that . Shinji was sent off to tule lake that day, for desecrating the flag, and i saw him leave myself. Vera looking into the 1945 murder of Ray Takahashi. Name ring a bell . We lived in that rat hole they called a detention center. So what . Heard manzanar was no picnic; tule lake was even worse. Valens long interrogations, cold weather, stockades you put up with a lot. All because Ray Takahashi pinned you for a flag burner. Valens then ray ends up dead in the same city you set up residence in. Coincidence . A lot of us came here after the war because of the quakers. They helped us get back on our feet. My wife and i stuck. Valens a guy like that traitor. Sends me away from my family, id be pretty pissed off. So maybe you get out of tule lake, sore to find your buddray. I was still behind barbed wire when ray died. Didnt get out of tule lake till 46, cause i answered no twice to the government loyalty questionnaire. Loyalty questionnaire . Asked if wed be willing to fight in the war, renounce the japanese emperor. Oh. And you refused to . Didnt know the damn emperors name. I was born here. Just like you. Far as the government was concerned. I was just a jap. And so was ray. But he still couldnt see it. Why do you whisper, green grass why tell the trees what aint so . Whispering grass the trees dont have to know. Hey, ray. You done for the day . Ah, almost. Ray ive been reading up on your hometown, philadelphia. Understand the quakers have quite a presence there. We do. Maybe when this business is over, you could help introduce me to some folks. Of course. I uld help you find an apartment. I appreciate it. Uh, wait, i have something for you. Carrots. For your victory garden. You and billy can plant them. Thanks, but im on my own today. Oh, busy with classes . Busy blaming me for the whole war. Its that age. He. He doesnt want to enlist. Doesnt believe in dying for this country. Does it make me a bad american if part of me believes that now, too . No. Not in this place. I always thought id be judged on my character, not my skin. I was wrong. Ray, you have to know, i never saw you as the enemy. Its not fair that you have to start over. Ive been starting over my whole life. Easy as pie. laughs softly thanks. For what . You make me forget about where we really are. You make me forget, too. Why tell them all the old things . Theyre buried under the snow whispering grass, dont. So, ray and the quaker were doing the dirty . The man preached loyalty on his soapbox, but he wasnt loyal. At least not to his wife. So mary anne helped ray move to philly. Continued the affair . Or not, if evelyn found out. Dumped mistress, betrayed wife. Nothing worse than a woman scorned. How about two . The recent increase in cafeteria prices is not cool. When you vote for flo, well have discounts. Icecream discounts. Multicookie discounts. Pizza loyalty discounts [ kids chanting flo ] i also have some great ideas on car insurance. [ silence ] finding you discounts since back in the day. Call or click today. I like her. Olive gardens never ending pasta bowl is back. Unlimited breadsticks and salad, plus never ending combinations of pasta and sauce just 9. 99. And even unlimited meatballs, sausage or chicken for 2. 99. Its all unlimited when you go olive garden. Woman Ray Takahashi . Havent heard that name in 60 years. Were investigating his murder. Heard you two were pretty close. Acquaintances at best. That all, mary anne . At are you implying . That you killed him. When he wouldnt leave his wife for you. You think i killed my husband . That i wanted to raise a child on my own . Rush that era . Easier to be a widow than a divorcee. Yes. Easy. First ray has an affair with a white woman. Next hes hauling you and the baby around the country to her hometown. Talk about a slap in the face. Id be a5. Young, foolish. So you turned to ray for some desert lovin. Men like ray were rare. Special. What we were doing to them was wrong. You fell in love. No. We had that one kiss, thats all. He saihis wife was the only woman he could ever love. Miller rejection like that . Y. Ray told her i was the only woman he could love. And you believed him . Ray was a ntleman. We never spoke of it again. His wife find out about it . I didnt realize my one, small indiscretion would destroy his family. Takahashi. Billy billy what are you doing . Joining up. You were just going to leave without saying goodbye . Not even to your mother . I said goodbye to her. What about me . You . You talk about being american, about liberty and truth, but youre the biggest liar here. What are you talking about . You and that schoolteacher. Everyone knows. You dont understand. What . Things arent so simple now . Is that your excuse for mom, too . You want to be a soldier, fine, but do it for e right reasons. This isnt about me. Sure it is. Its about taking a bullet for a country thats turned you into a coward, thats called me a jap since i can remember. You donknow what its like. Dont i . ive been called every name in the book, treated like dirt and had to smile in the face of it. But i never let that destroy me, make me run away. Like you are now, son. Dont go, not like this. Too late. Billy billy you do not walk away from me, damn it i want. I want you to. I want. I want you to come home safe, son. Home . I dont have a home. Not anymore. We got the news about billy a few months later. They never got a chance to make peace. No. You got your apartment because of mary annes generosity. If leaving that hell meant taking advantage of a crush some silly woman had on my husband, then so be it. Any mother would have done the same. For barbara . And for my son. I wanted him to come home to a real home. Not one behind bars. But he never got that chance. Evelyn and well leave on a big train. And youll get to feel cool air instead of this dusty, cold wind. Train will be here soon. I stopped by the woodworking hut. Ive been. Ive been making these for you. To replace what we had. Plus the next time you get mad at me, they wont break. I guess its time for the backup plan. Dont give up . Dont give up. On us. Youre my whole life. Youre the only thing that kept me going here. Well use them in philadelphia. In our new home, when billy returns. The four of us. The four of us. I like the sound of that. Its time to go. Evelyn ray, what is it . Ray . ray . sobbing quietly thats how they told us our son was dead. In a telegram. Im sorry. It breaks my heart that ray and billy died angry at each other. We werent the only family that got a telegram that day. Shinjis family got one. Shinji nakamura . The neighbor who went to tule lake . His son was in the army . One of the first to enlist. Ray talked him into it. Finally got shinjis tule lake records. Alibi check out . Nope. Shinji wasnt released in 1946 li he said. Got out on november 23, 1945. A few days before ray was killed. Even better, he used the train ticket the government bought him to head to philly, but his wife was in california. And you dont travel 3,000 miles just to say hello. Wherever your sutwist the ride. With twizzlers. The twist you cant resist. Its not for colds, its not for pain, its just for sleep. Because sleep is a beautiful thing™. Zzzquil. The nonhabit forming sleepaid from the makers of nyquil®. 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Frankly, not a lot of faith in the american justice system. Valens point taken. Doesnt answer the question. I came here to give him billys letter. They were long gone when the letter came to manzanar. Didnt realize you two were bosom buddies. We werent. But ray paid the same price i did to this country a son. He deserved to have that letter. And i had a question to ask him. What question . How to go on. But it was clear he no longer had any answers for me. Im making believe that youre in my arms though i know youre so far away ray . Making believe im talking to you what are you doing here . Wish you could hear what i say. This letter came to manzanar after you left. My wife wanted to make sure you got it. I dont want anything from that place. Its from billy. Billys gone. Theyre saying they cant send my boys body home for at least another year. Do you know what id do for a letter, anything from him . They already tore it down. The camp. Like it never existed. My son died for a country that tosses out its sins like the kitchen garbage. Im surprised they even remeer our boys names. They were heroes. And this country should give our boys the medals they deserve. Making believe its you can they bring him back to me, shinji . voice breaking can they do that . And here in the gloom of my lonely room. Shinji, wait. Shinji he said he was going to get billy his medal. He changed his mind just like that . After he read billys letter. Vera thats why he was outside the stadium. Armynavy game. Where they were giving out the distinguished combat medals that night. Billy deserved a medal. Your son did, too. Threw himself on a grenade to save a white battalion. What a brave kid. And dads last wish was to see him honored for it. Isnt this who we speak for . People like billy, ray. Sure you can walk away from them, boss . If ray wanted his son to get that medal, hed need a nomition from his commanding officer. Billys friend skip. He was at the armynavy game that night. France. Italy. The South Pacific. Two bronze stars and a purple heart. You were quite the soldier, skip. Call me eugene now. Hmm. Served in vietnam myself. Hmm. Then you had it worse than we did. War is war, right . I had a buddy in nam manny isoy. Filipino guy. laughs here we were fighting off the vietcong, and im stuck with a guy who looked just like the enemy. What are the odds, huh . Soldiers a soldier. Manny proved himself to be. He died saving another guy in our unit. A hero. Stillman once we were on patrol, we got caught in an ambush. He got tore up pretty bad. When the smoke cleared, i saw this gook running towards me. I came this close to killing him. But it was manny. Why are you telling me this . Billy was your best friend. Yes, he was. Firstrate guy. So what happened . When he died, you were shipped to the South Pacific. You saw kamikazes ruin your ships, pow camps ruin your friends. I get it, eugene. Believe me. Theres nothing to get. They want you to come back to this world and be the same as when you left. But youre not. Ray takahashi appeed to skip, the boy he knew in california, but skip was gone. sighs sighs fighting for your life every day. Youyou know and those faces. Hating you. Fas that looked like billy and like ray . Thats why they put them in these camps they didnt deserve medals. They were the enemy. laughter and squealing all over the world woman laughing and the boys are home again ray skip all over the world car engine idling train whistle blowing go on. Ilcatch up with you guys later. engine revving that may fall from the skies above i need to talk to you. Cant. Shipping back out tomorrow. A kiss wont mean goodbye. Its about billy. He deserves the distinguished combat medal. Those medals arefor. Thats what he was, and you know it. Billy sacrificed himself to save others. Thats what you people do, isnt it . Kamikazes. Suicide missions. Skip. Kill yourselves, and you take good, innocent people with you. A japs a jap. What happened to you over there . Why send this letter if you didnt care about us anymore . Read this. Read this and tell me its a lie. Stop. Tell me those boys werent heroes. Stop that billy doesnt deserve that medal. Go home, jap. train whistle blows i am home. My boy was more of an american than youll ever be. grunting grunts billy dear dad. Its the night before we go into battle, and i cant sleep. Even in my dreams, i hear the artillery, and im so afraid. When i need to be brave, i think of you, dad, and your strength in a world thats no longer simple. Sometimes i dream im home again, drawing pictures of you, mom and little barbara. None of us behind bars. Because in my dreams, were free. I know now thats why im here. Its not about who im fighting against, but who im fighting for. You, dad. And what your dreams of america could be. Should be. I see all of us on this battlefield white, black, brown, yellow. And thats the america i know. Maybe one day ill see you there, dad. Love, your son, billy. Captioning sponsored by warner bros. Television