When freedom and democracy were in peril, an entire generation answered the call. Our grandfathers and grandmothers put aside their hopes and dreams to save the world less than a lifetime ago and still refuse to be called heroes. The least you can do is post a photo in their honor!
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A Japanese-American child waits with the family’s baggage before boarding a train to an internment camp somewhere in the western United States.
(Source: archives.gov)
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