Today in class my professor had a Japanese-American speak to us about his time in an internment camp during World War 2. He was there until he was old enough to join the army and did so. This man received several medals and served a country which imprisoned him for no reason. He was happy and proud of what he had done. He was asked by a student in my class, "Why did he serve in the army and why wasn't he more angry?" His reply was simply that he was an American and he loves his country. He wanted to do his part for the war effort too.

I thought it was amazing that he had almost no hard feelings about what happened to him and thought it was awesome that he still wanted to support this country. So many students I go to class with have no idea what real hardship or what service to the country means. They right of way said they would probably do nothing to support the country after being treated that way...yet this Japanese man who was imprisoned did everything he could for the country.