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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”

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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”

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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”

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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”

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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."

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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."

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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”

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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”

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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”

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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”

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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”

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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”

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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”

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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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