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{\an7}Narrator: BY THE SUMMER OF 1945,
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{\an7}THE ALLIES ARE TEARING JAPAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO SHREDS.
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{\an7}Man: WE‘D SCATTER
IN ALL DIRECTIONS
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{\an7}AND SHOUT, "THEY‘RE COMING!"
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{\an7}Narrator: A GROUND INVASION
\h\h\h\h\h\hSEEMS IMMINENT--
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{\an7}THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN HUMAN HISTORY.
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{\an7}Man: WE KNEW THE BEACHES,
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{\an7}WE KNEW THE ORDER OF BATTLE.
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{\an7}Narrator: BUT ONE BOMB...
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{\an7}CHANGES EVERYTHING.
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{\an7}Woman: PEOPLE JUST SAT,
\h\h\h\h\hCATCHING FIRE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
SOME MEMORIES WILL NEVER FADE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMan: I EXPERIENCED
THE COLLAPSE OF OUR NATION.
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{\an7}Narrator: AND NO SURVIVORS
\h\h\h\hWILL EVER FORGET.
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{\an7}Man: MY MOTHER THOUGHT
\h\hI HAD BEEN KILLED.
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{\an7}Narrator: HEAR THE VOICES
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{\an7}AND FEEL THE FIGHT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}David Braden: WE WERE
\hGOING UP IN DAYLIGHT
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{\an7}AND DROPPING LEAFLETS THAT SAID,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h"WE ADVISE YOU
TO EVACUATE YOUR TOWN
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{\an7}\hBECAUSE WE‘RE COMING UP HERE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 O‘CLOCK
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{\an7}TO BURN IT TO THE GROUND."
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: IN MARCH OF 1945,
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{\an7}\hGENERAL CURTIS LEMAY
TOOK A TORCH TO TOKYO
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WORLD‘S FIRST
LARGE-SCALE USE OF NAPALM BOMBS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBraden:
THE FIRST FIRE RAID ON TOKYO
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{\an7}FLATTENED 16 SQUARE MILES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE CITY.
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{\an7}LEMAY WAS ECSTATIC.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHE ORDERED MORE OF
THOSE MISSIONS IMMEDIATELY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: LEMAY TARGETS
ANY PLACE WITH A WAR INDUSTRY.
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{\an7}IN A MATTER OF MONTHS,
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{\an7}\hAMERICA FIREBOMBS
67 JAPANESE CITIES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}FUELED BY WOOD AND WIND,
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{\an7}FLAMES WASH THROUGH JAPAN
\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE A FLOOD.
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{\an7}Funato Kazuyo: MOTHER,
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{\an7}WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER
\h\h\h\h\hON HER BACK,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAD HER FEET SWEPT OUT
FROM UNDER HER BY THE WIND...
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{\an7}AND SHE ROLLED AWAY
\h\hINTO THE FLAMES.
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{\an7}Narrator: AMERICAN FIREBOMBS
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{\an7}\h\hKILL AN ESTIMATED
HALF-MILLION CITIZENS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}LEMAY FILMS THE DAMAGE HIMSELF.
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{\an7}HIS FOOTAGE HAS NEVER BEEN
\h\h\h\hBROADCAST BEFORE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIN SOME PLACES,
ONLY BRIDGES ARE LEFT,
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{\an7}CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS
\hTHAT NO LONGER EXIST.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Curtis Lemay: I SUPPOSE
\hIF I HAD LOST THE WAR,
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{\an7}I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRIED
\h\h\hAS A WAR CRIMINAL.
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{\an7}BUT ALL WAR IS IMMORAL.
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{\an7}AND IF YOU LET THAT BOTHER YOU,
\h\h\hYOU‘RE NOT A GOOD SOLDIER.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: JAPANESE FILM
SHOWS THE RUSH TO EVACUATE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hENTIRE CLASSROOMS OF KIDS
MIGRATE FROM CITY TO COUNTRY.
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{\an7}BUT THEY DON‘T ESCAPE THE FEAR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSato Hideo: BY 1945,
WE NO LONGER HAD MANY CLASSES.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE MAIN THING WE DID
WAS DIG AN ANTI-TANK DITCH
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{\an7}IN THE CORNER OF THE SCHOOLYARD.
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{\an7}IS
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{\an7}WITH A NEW ROAD
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{\an7}FROM THE INDIAN TOWN OF LEDO.
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{\an7}THE JUNGLE IS NO EASY PLACE
\h\h\h\h\hTO MAKE A DETOUR.
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{\an7}Mose Davie: IT WAS RUGGED.
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{\an7}WE WERE ASSIGNED TO MILE ZERO,
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{\an7}WHICH WE CALLED "HELL‘S GATE."
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{\an7}Narrator: FROM THERE,
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{\an7}\hTHEY SLOWLY CARVE
A NEW RIBBON OF ROAD
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{\an7}FOR 460 MILES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDavie: WE USED
EVERY IMAGINABLE TOOL THEY HAD
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{\an7}TO MOVE THE EARTH.
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{\an7}Narrator: WORKERS NICKNAME IT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"THE BIG SNAKE."
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{\an7}IT TAKES A BITE OUT OF EVERY MAN
THAT WORKS ON IT.
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{\an7}Davie: I LOST ABOUT 55 POUNDS
\h\h\h\hUP THERE ON THE ROAD.
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{\an7}THE RATIONS AND THE HEAT
\h\h\h\h\h\hTOOK ME BAD.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT THE EFFORT PAYS OFF.
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{\an7}\h\h\hA STREAM OF SUPPLIES
BEGINS TO FLOW INTO CHINA.
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{\an7}NOW THE PRESSURE ON JAPAN
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{\an7}\h\hSEEMS TO BE COMING
FROM EVERY DIRECTION.
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{\an7}BURMA CAN NOW STAND FIRM
\h\h\h\hWITH THE ALLIES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hJAPANESE TROOPS
DISSOLVE INTO THE JUNGLE,
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{\an7}ISOLATED AND ABANDONED.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}HERE, FREEDOM IS A RELIEF.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}IN THE AMERICAN WEST,
\h\hIT‘S BITTERSWEET.
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{\an7}SINCE 1942,
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{\an7}MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND
\h\h\h\h\hJAPANESE AMERICANS
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{\an7}\h\h\hHAVE BEEN FORCED
INTO INTERNMENT CAMPS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hKIDS HAVE BEEN GROWING UP
AS LITTLE MORE THAN PRISONERS.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTakeo Shiroma:
WHEN I GOT TO CAMP,
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{\an7}I WAS A JUNIOR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMY DIPLOMA WAS FROM
THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE FEARS THAT PUT THEM HERE
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{\an7}HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED.
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{\an7}THEY HAVEN‘T BECOME SPIES
\h\h\h\h\h\hOR SABOTEURS.
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{\an7}INSTEAD, THEY‘VE BEEN
\h\h\hQUIETLY SHOWING
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{\an7}JUST HOW AMERICAN
\hTHEY REALLY ARE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}SO EVEN WITH THE WAR
\h\h\h\hGRINDING ON,
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{\an7}AMERICA OPENS THE GATES.
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{\an7}\h\hRoberta Shiroma: THAT WAS
A DIVIDING LINE IN OUR LIVES--
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{\an7}BEFORE CAMP AND AFTER CAMP.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ROBERTA AND TAKEO SHIROMA
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{\an7}WILL HAVE TO START OVER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTakeo Shiroma:
MY PARENTS LOST THEIR BUSINESS.
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{\an7}Narrator: IT‘S LIKE THEY‘RE
\h\h\hIMMIGRANTS ONCE MORE,
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{\an7}DEPARTING WITH A FEW SUITCASES
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{\an7}TO A COUNTRY WHOSE
\hLOFTY PRINCIPLES
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{\an7}DO NOT APPLY TO THEM.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMANY AMERICANS
DON‘T WANT THEM BACK.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hONE SENATOR SUGGESTS
THEY ALL BE DEPORTED TO JAPAN.
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{\an7}WEST COAST NEWSPAPERS
\hDECRY WHAT THEY CALL
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{\an7}"CALIFORNIA‘S JAP PROBLEM."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTakeo Shiroma:
MY FATHER COULD NOT GET A JOB.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY SAID,
"HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR FACE?
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{\an7}WE CAN‘T HIRE YOU."
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{\an7}Narrator: SOME EVEN
\hCLING TO THE CAMPS
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{\an7}WHEN THEY COULD FREELY LEAVE.
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{\an7}\hBUT THE SHIROMAS
TRY TO HEED WISDOM
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{\an7}FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL HOME.
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{\an7}Roberta Shiroma:
WE HAVE A PHRASE
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{\an7}THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME.
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{\an7}IT‘S CALLED "SHIGATA GA NAI."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT MEANS
"IT COULDN‘T BE HELPED."
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{\an7}IT‘S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED,
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{\an7}AND YOU LET IT GO.
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{\an7}Narrator: THAT WILL BE EASIER
\h\h\h\hFOR SOME THAN OTHERS.
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{\an7}\h\hIN ANOTHER DESERT
OF THE AMERICAN WEST,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hB-29 CREWS
LINE UP FOR INSPECTION.
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{\an7}\hJames Price: HE TOLD US
THAT WE WERE IN AN OUTFIT
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{\an7}THAT MIGHT END THE WAR.
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{\an7}Narrator: THEN...
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHEY PREPARE
FOR A HIGH-STAKES GAME
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{\an7}OF TARGET PRACTICE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE TRINITY TEST
USHERED IN THE ATOMIC AGE.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DROP
SUCH A BIG BOMB OUT OF A PLANE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO B-29s TAKE OFF WITH
DUMMY BOMBS CALLED "PUMPKINS"
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{\an7}TO DROP ONTO THE DESERT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hPrice: I GUESS THEY JUST
PLOWED UP THESE TUMBLEWEEDS
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{\an7}SO WE COULD SEE A TARGET.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
FROM MORE THAN 5 1/2 MILES UP,
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{\an7}THEY LET IT GO.
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{\an7}ON THE GROUND, EXPERTS OBSERVE
\h\h\h\h\hTHE BOMB‘S DYNAMICS.
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{\an7}Price: THE FIRST ONES TUMBLED.
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{\an7}THEN THEY CHANGED THE TAILFINS.
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{\an7}PEOPLE FROM LOS ALAMOS
WERE DOWN THERE TIMING
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{\an7}HOW LONG IT WOULD
TAKE THEM TO FALL.
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{\an7}SOMEONE JOKED THAT THEY STOOD
\hIN THE CENTER OF THE TARGET
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{\an7}\h\hBECAUSE THEY FELT THAT
WOULD BE THE SAFEST PLACE.
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{\an7}Narrator: IT‘S NOT A BULLSEYE.
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{\an7}BUT WITH THE REAL BOMB,
\h\hIT MIGHT NOT MATTER.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}ON AUGUST 5th,
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{\an7}ANOTHER AIR CREW PREPARES
\h\h\hFOR A RUN ON JAPAN.
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{\an7}IT‘S BECOMING ALMOST ROUTINE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS IS
THE 345th BOMBARDMENT GROUP,
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{\an7}NICKNAMED THE AIR APACHES.
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{\an7}THEY‘RE ON IE SHIMA,
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{\an7}A LITTLE ISLAND OFF OKINAWA
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{\an7}THAT‘S NOW A BUSTLING AIR BASE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE TARGET
IS THE TOWN OF TARUMIZU,
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{\an7}JUST 430 MILES AWAY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCAPTAIN JOHN HANNA
FILMS THE ACTION HIMSELF.
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{\an7}WITH JAPAN UNABLE TO MOUNT
\h\h\h\hMUCH OF A DEFENSE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHANNA‘S PLANE
CAN SCRAPE THE ROOFLINES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY MAKE RUNS
ON A COASTAL FACTORY
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{\an7}THAT MAKES ROCKET-PROPELLED
\h\h\h\h\h\hSUICIDE PLANES.
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{\an7}AND THEY FIREBOMB NEARBY HOMES
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO CRIPPLE THE WORKERS
AS MUCH AS THEIR WORKPLACE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THE 345th RETURNS TO BASE
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{\an7}\h\hWITH A FEW SCRATCHES
FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}TARUMIZU IS WRECKED.
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{\an7}TODAY‘S RAID IS 325 PLANES
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{\an7}AND THOUSANDS OF BOMBS.
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{\an7}TOMORROW, IT‘LL BE JUST ONE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}TEENAGER YAMAOKA MICHIKO
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS ON HER WAY
TO DOWNTOWN HIROSHIMA.
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{\an7}\h\hYamaoka Michiko: I WAS IN
THE THIRD YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
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{\an7}I LEFT THE HOUSE AROUND 7:45.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
FROM THE ISLAND OF TINIAN,
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{\an7}\h\hCOLONEL PAUL TIBBETS
IS ON HIS WAY TO JAPAN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hPaul Tibbets:
WE HAD LULLED THE JAPANESE
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{\an7}INTO A SENSE OF FALSE SECURITY.
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{\an7}FOR A WEEK
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{\an7}I SENT A SINGLE AIRPLANE UP
\h\h\h\hOVER THESE TARGETS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hI WANTED THEM TO THINK
WE WERE RECONNAISSANCE PLANES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMichiko:
I WASN‘T PARTICULARLY AFRAID
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{\an7}WHEN B-29s FLEW OVERHEAD.
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{\an7}\h\hI LOOKED UP TO SEE
IF I COULD SPOT THEM.
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{\an7}THAT WAS THE MOMENT.
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{\an7}THERE WAS NO SOUND.
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{\an7}I FELT COLORS.
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{\an7}\hI REMEMBER MY BODY
FLOATING IN THE AIR.
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{\an7}I DON‘T KNOW HOW FAR
\h\h\h\hI WAS BLOWN.
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{\an7}\h\h\hI TRIED TO SAY SOMETHING,
BUT MY VOICE COULDN‘T COME OUT.
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{\an7}I SAID TO MYSELF,
\h"GOODBYE, MOM."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTibbets:
BELOW THE MUSHROOM CLOUD,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS BLACK
AND BOILING UNDERNEATH,
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{\an7}LIKE A BOILING POT OF TAR.
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{\an7}\h\hMichiko: FIRES BURST OUT
FROM JUST THE LIGHT ITSELF.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNOBODY LOOKED
LIKE A HUMAN BEING.
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{\an7}PEOPLE COULDN‘T SCREAM.
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{\an7}THEY JUST SAT,
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{\an7}CATCHING FIRE.
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{\an7}\h\hTibbets: BY THAT TIME,
WE WERE OUT OVER THE WATER
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{\an7}AND ON OUR WAY BACK HOME.
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{\an7}IT WAS AN EASY FLIGHT.
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{\an7}I DIDN‘T HAVE THE ABILITY
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO VISUALIZE
WHAT THIS THING REALLY WAS.
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{\an7}THERE WAS NO MEASURE, NO SCALE
BY WHICH TO JUDGE THIS THING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AS TIBBETS LINES UP FOR A MEDAL,
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{\an7}\h\h\hRUMORS SWIRL ABOUT
THE DAMAGE IN HIROSHIMA.
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{\an7}Tibbets: THE GUYS CAME IN
WITH THEIR EYES WIDE OPEN
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{\an7}AND ASKED...
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{\an7}"JESUS! IS THIS TRUE?"
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{\an7}Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER,
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{\an7}\h\hAMERICANS ROLL OUT
ANOTHER ATOMIC BOMB--
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{\an7}EVEN BIGGER IN SIZE AND POWER.
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{\an7}THEY NAME IT "FAT MAN."
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{\an7}INSIDE IS A LUMP OF PLUTONIUM
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL.
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{\an7}THEY SEAL THE SEAMS
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO KEEP MOISTURE AWAY FROM
THE DELICATE COMPONENTS INSIDE.
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{\an7}SINCE THE BOMB HIT HIROSHIMA,
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{\an7}JAPAN HAS SENT NO MESSAGE
\h\hTO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
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{\an7}IT IS SILENT...
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{\an7}AS IF IN SHOCK.
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{\an7}SO AMERICANS LOAD UP FAT MAN
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{\an7}AND HEAD FOR THE NEXT TARGET--
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{\an7}THE CITY OF KOKURA.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}WHEN THE B-29s ARRIVE,
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{\an7}KOKURA IS SOCKED IN,
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{\an7}WITH CLOUDS AND SMOKE
\hFROM BURNING CITIES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY PEEL OFF
FOR THEIR SECONDARY TARGET.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA SCOTTISH POW
IS IN A PRISON CAMP NEARBY.
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{\an7}\h\hAlistair Urquhart:
I SAW A PLANE FLYING.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTWO MINUTES LATER CAME
A TREMENDOUS CLAP OF THUNDER
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{\an7}FROM NAGASAKI.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hA GALE-FORCE WIND
NEARLY KNOCKED ME OVER.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: JAPAN ISN‘T SURE
\h\h\hWHAT‘S HITTING THEM.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hAMERICA ISN‘T SURE
WHAT IT‘S UNLEASHING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONLY THOSE UNDER
THE MUSHROOM CLOUD REALLY KNOW.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THE WORLD
WILL SOON FIND OUT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THE NEXT DAY,
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{\an7}THE JAPANESE CONTACT THE SWISS,
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{\an7}WHO PASS MESSAGES
TO THE AMERICANS,
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{\an7}EVEN AS THEIR CARRIERS
\h\hLAUNCH MORE RAIDS.
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{\an7}MEANWHILE, THE SOVIET UNION
\h\h\h\h\hINVADES MANCHURIA,
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{\an7}\hOPENING ANOTHER FRONT
JAPAN CAN BARELY DEFEND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDAYS GO BY
AS EACH SIDE DELIBERATES
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{\an7}AND TRANSLATES
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{\an7}AND NEGOTIATES.
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{\an7}[ENGINES ROARING]
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}BOMBS KEEP DROPPING.
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{\an7}ON AUGUST 13th,
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{\an7}1,000 CARRIER PLANES MAKE
THEIR FINAL DIVE ON TOKYO.
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{\an7}\hIN 1942, THIS WOULD
HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}NOW IT‘S UNSTOPPABLE.
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{\an7}[AUDIO RECORDING IN JAPANESE]
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{\an7}A SCRATCHY RECORDING
\hOF A STRANGE VOICE
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{\an7}GOES OUT OVER JAPANESE AIRWAVES.
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{\an7}IT‘S EMPEROR HIROHITO.
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{\an7}REVERED AS A DISTANT
\h\hGOD-LIKE FIGURE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE HAS NEVER
ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC...
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{\an7}UNTIL NOW.
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{\an7}Translated: WE HAVE DECIDED
\h\h\hTO EFFECT A SETTLEMENT
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{\an7}OF THE PRESENT SITUATION
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY RESORTING
TO AN EXTRAORDINARY MEASURE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: HE USES
AN ARCHAIC JAPANESE DIALECT
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{\an7}THAT FEW CAN UNDERSTAND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT SOON,
THE NEWS BECOMES CLEAR.
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{\an7}JAPAN SURRENDERS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE WORLD GASPS
IN A MOMENT OF DISBELIEF...
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hAnnouncer: ...COMING OUT
OF TOKYO THAT EMPEROR HIROHITO
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{\an7}\h\hHAS ACCEPTED THE TERMS
OF SURRENDER AS DRAFTED...
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THEN EXHALES IN RELIEF.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}NAVY SHIPS RACING TOWARD JAPAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBEGIN TO COAST.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hChris Walker:
WE HAD OUR SHIP LOADED,
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{\an7}TOTALLY LOADED FOR US TO INVADE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hRobert Tippen:
WE GOT THE MESSAGE.
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{\an7}I RAN UP TO THE BRIDGE WHERE
A GOOD FRIEND WAS SIGNALMAN.
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{\an7}HE SPELLED OUT "WAR IS OVER."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hJames Redding:
THE CAPTAIN ANNOUNCED,
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{\an7}"IT‘S AGAINST NAVAL REGULATIONS,
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{\an7}BUT ALL HANDS CAN LAY DOWN
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE SCULLERY
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{\an7}FOR TWO CANS OF BEER."
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ALL ACROSS THE PACIFIC,
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{\an7}MEN SLATED FOR THE FINAL ASSAULT
GET THE NEWS OF THEIR LIVES.
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{\an7}\hStraus: I GUARANTEE YOU
THERE WAS A LOT OF RELIEF.
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{\an7}I DON‘T KNOW HOW MANY OF US
\h\h\h\hWOULD HAVE SURVIVED
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{\an7}THE INVASION OF JAPAN,
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{\an7}BUT NOT VERY MANY,
\h\hI DON‘T THINK.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: IN THE PHILIPPINES,
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{\an7}WORD SLOWLY GETS OUT.
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{\an7}SERVICEMAN DAN ROCKLIN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFILMS A NATION
SLOWLY RISING FROM ITS KNEES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hFROM EVERY CORNER
OF THEIR FALLEN EMPIRE,
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{\an7}JAPANESE WHO FOUGHT
\h\hFROM THE SHADOWS
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{\an7}FINALLY EMERGE INTO DAYLIGHT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hJoe Rackley:
THEY STARTED COMING IN
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{\an7}AND PUTTING THEIR RIFLES DOWN.
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{\an7}THAT WAS THE END OF THEM.
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{\an7}Iitoyo Shogo: WE FELL FROM
HEAVEN TO HELL OVERNIGHT.
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{\an7}Narrator: MEN WHO SPENT
\h\hTHE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS
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{\an7}TRYING TO ANNIHILATE EACH OTHER
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{\an7}ARE NOW FACING EACH OTHER.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBill Walker: THE JAPS
ALL CAME IN FROM THE JUNGLE
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{\an7}AND GAVE US THEIR SWORDS.
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{\an7}OF COURSE, ALL OUR OFFICERS
\h\h\h\h\hGOT THE GOOD ONES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: IN CHINA, JAPANESE
TROOPS ARE HERDED INTO BOXCARS--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hA DEMORALIZING START
TO THEIR LONG JOURNEY HOME.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hShogo: I EXPERIENCED
THE COLLAPSE OF OUR NATION.
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{\an7}IT WAS REALLY WORSE THAN DYING.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: IN JAPAN,
THERE IS SHOCK AND SHAME.
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{\an7}\hKumagaya Tokuichi:
NOBODY TRULY THOUGHT
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{\an7}JAPAN WOULD LOSE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
SINCE ITS ANCIENT BEGINNINGS
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{\an7}IN THE FIRST CENTURY,
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{\an7}\h\hIT HAS NEVER KNOWN
A FOREIGN OCCUPATION.
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{\an7}THE PRIDE OF EMPIRE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hDISINTEGRATES
INTO A CLOUD OF FEAR.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THEY ARRIVE IN WHITE PLANES--
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{\an7}THE COLOR OF SURRENDER--
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{\an7}AT GENERAL MACARTHUR‘S
\h\h\h\h\hINSISTENCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hHE DOESN‘T WANT
ANY MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
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{\an7}THE RISING SUN HAS BEEN REPLACED
BY A GREEN CROSS.
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{\an7}THE JAPANESE DELEGATION EMERGES.
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{\an7}THEY‘VE JUST LANDED
\hIN THE PHILIPPINES
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{\an7}TO MEET WITH MACARTHUR.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE FUTURE OF JAPAN
IS NOW UNDER NEGOTIATION.
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{\an7}\h\h\hMACARTHUR WELCOMES
ALLIES OF EVERY STRIPE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hA GLOBAL ARRAY
OF MILITARY UNIFORMS
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{\an7}MARCHES INTO MANILA.
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{\an7}THEY WILL TALK ALL NIGHT
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{\an7}OVER HASTILY TRANSLATED
\h\hMAPS AND DOCUMENTS.
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{\an7}AND THEY SETTLE ON A DATE
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{\an7}TO FORMALLY CONCLUDE
\h\hTHE PACIFIC WAR.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hA DISTANT MOUNT FUJI
PRESIDES OVER TOKYO BAY.
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{\an7}\h\hFOR ALL THE THOUSANDS
ON BOARD THE USS MISSOURI,
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{\an7}THE FOCUS IS ON ONE MAN--
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{\an7}NOW SUPREME COMMANDER
FOR THE ALLIED POWERS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hDouglas MacArthur:
I HAD RECEIVED NO INSTRUCTIONS
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{\an7}AS TO WHAT TO SAY OR WHAT TO DO.
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{\an7}I WAS ON MY OWN,
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{\an7}STANDING ON THE QUARTERDECK
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{\an7}WITH ONLY GOD AND MY OWN
CONSCIENCE TO GUIDE ME.
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{\an7}Narrator: MACARTHUR STANDS TO
\hFACE THE JAPANESE DELEGATION
385
00:31:57,999 --> 00:32:01,294
{\an7}AND STAKES HIS CLAIM.
386
00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:03,964
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMacArthur:
I ANNOUNCE IT MY FIRM PURPOSE
387
00:32:04,005 --> 00:32:07,383
{\an7}TO PROCEED IN THE DISCHARGE
\h\h\hOF MY RESPONSIBILITIES
388
00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,219
{\an7}WITH JUSTICE AND TOLERANCE,
389
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:12,723
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO ENSURE THAT
THE TERMS OF SURRENDER
390
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:18,019
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hARE FULLY, PROMPTLY,
AND FAITHFULLY COMPLIED WITH.
391
00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:25,401
{\an7}Narrator: FINALLY, IN THE CALM
\h\h\h\hOF A SEA-SALT BREEZE,
392
00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:30,366
{\an7}\h\hTHE INCESSANT POUNDING
OF THE PACIFIC WAR CEASES
393
00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:34,161
{\an7}WITH THE QUIET SCRAWLS
OF SOLEMN SIGNATURES.
394
00:32:38,915 --> 00:32:44,295
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE CEREMONY ENDS
WITH A FEROCIOUS ROAR--
395
00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:48,299
{\an7}A FLYOVER OF NEARLY 500 B-29s.
396
00:32:52,846 --> 00:32:56,975
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNOW BOTH SIDES
HAVE TO MAKE A SUDDEN TURN
397
00:32:57,017 --> 00:33:00,521
{\an7}FROM COMBAT TO COOPERATION.
398
00:33:00,562 --> 00:33:04,483
{\an7}A LASTING PEACE IN THE PACIFIC
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS AT STAKE.
399
00:33:09,946 --> 00:33:16,035
{\an7}♪
400
00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:18,038
{\an7}JUST WEEKS EARLIER,
401
00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:21,332
{\an7}THIS WAS THE PLAN--
402
00:33:21,374 --> 00:33:24,377
{\an7}AN ALL-OUT FULL-FORCE CHARGE
403
00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:28,757
{\an7}\h\h\hINTO THE DRAWN SWORDS
OF A 2,000-YEAR-OLD EMPIRE.
404
00:33:30,634 --> 00:33:34,429
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINSTEAD,
THE ALLIES APPROACH UNARMED.
405
00:33:34,471 --> 00:33:38,934
{\an7}♪
406
00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:41,936
{\an7}Roy Simmons: WE DIDN‘T HAVE
\h\h\h\h\h\hANY AMMUNITION.
407
00:33:41,978 --> 00:33:45,857
{\an7}MACARTHUR DID NOT WANT
\h\h\h\hANY INCIDENTS.
408
00:33:45,899 --> 00:33:47,692
{\an7}NOT ONE INCIDENT.
409
00:33:47,734 --> 00:33:53,323
{\an7}♪
410
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:54,783
{\an7}Narrator: THOUSANDS OF TROOPS
411
00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:59,037
{\an7}\h\h\hPOUR ONTO THE SOIL
OF THEIR SWORN ENEMY...
412
00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:01,290
{\an7}WITHOUT FIRING,
413
00:34:01,331 --> 00:34:03,959
{\an7}WITHOUT DUCKING,
414
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,460
{\an7}WITHOUT DYING.
415
00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:12,676
{\an7}JAPANESE DISARM THEMSELVES
UNDER ALLIED SUPERVISION.
416
00:34:14,678 --> 00:34:17,306
{\an7}AMERICANS LOOK RIGHT
\h\h\hINTO THE JAWS
417
00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:20,183
{\an7}OF WHAT AWAITED THEM.
418
00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:22,519
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKilpatrick:
FROM THE WATER LINE TO TOKYO,
419
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:25,105
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERY YARD OF IT
WAS ENTRENCHED AND BARRICADED
420
00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:28,274
{\an7}WITH TUNNELS AND CAVERNS.
421
00:34:28,316 --> 00:34:30,652
{\an7}IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BLOODBATH.
422
00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:34,114
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AMERICANS ARE FASCINATED WITH
423
00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:36,408
{\an7}THE WAR‘S OPPOSING PERSPECTIVE.
424
00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:42,998
{\an7}THEY PLAY WITH GUNS THAT WERE
\h\h\h\h\hONCE AIMED AT THEM.
425
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:44,249
{\an7}THEY FIND A JAPANESE SHIP
426
00:34:44,291 --> 00:34:48,128
{\an7}\h\hWITH ALLIED PLANES
PAINTED ON THE SIDE--
427
00:34:48,169 --> 00:34:49,837
{\an7}A CHEAT-SHEET FOR GUNNERS.
428
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:55,927
{\an7}AND ONE TAKES A TOUR
\hOF A JAPANESE SUB.
429
00:34:55,969 --> 00:34:59,139
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCharles Pase:
I‘M SURE THEY HATED US.
430
00:34:59,222 --> 00:35:00,640
{\an7}\hBUT SOME OF THEM
TRIED TO INTRODUCE
431
00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:04,561
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSOME SORT OF
INCIPIENT FRIENDSHIP,
432
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:06,605
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS IF,
IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS,
433
00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:09,149
{\an7}\h\hTHEY RECOGNIZED
THAT WE WERE HUMANS,
434
00:35:09,316 --> 00:35:10,776
{\an7}JUST LIKE THEY WERE.
435
00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:16,740
{\an7}♪
436
00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:19,534
{\an7}Narrator: THE VICTORS
ARE NOW FULLY ASHORE.
437
00:35:19,576 --> 00:35:23,538
{\an7}♪
438
00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:26,083
{\an7}NEXT COME THE VANQUISHED.
439
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:34,174
{\an7}♪
440
00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:36,300
{\an7}SEVEN MILLION JAPANESE
441
00:35:36,343 --> 00:35:40,848
{\an7}HAVE BEEN SPREAD ACROSS
\hASIA AND THE PACIFIC,
442
00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:43,934
{\an7}FIGHTING FOR THE HOMELAND
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY REMEMBER.
443
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:53,193
{\an7}♪
444
00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:55,361
{\an7}SOME HAVE BEEN GONE FOR YEARS,
445
00:35:55,403 --> 00:35:58,781
{\an7}WITH NO IDEA WHAT THEIR NATION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHAS ENDURED.
446
00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:06,289
{\an7}♪
447
00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:09,209
{\an7}FACE MASKS AND A BLAST OF DDT
448
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:12,045
{\an7}STAVE OFF THE IMPORT OF DISEASE.
449
00:36:14,881 --> 00:36:18,551
{\an7}\h\hBUT THERE‘S NO CURE
FOR THE SHOCK OF DEFEAT.
450
00:36:21,221 --> 00:36:22,472
{\an7}JAPANESE CITIZENS
451
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:27,060
{\an7}\hIMAGINED THEIR ENEMIES
AS RUTHLESS BARBARIANS.
452
00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:30,355
{\an7}NOW THESE FOREIGN ARMIES
ARE WALKING AMONG THEM.
453
00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:39,364
{\an7}Simmons: THEY TURNED
\hTHEIR BACKS TO US
454
00:36:39,406 --> 00:36:41,158
{\an7}AND HUNG THEIR HEADS.
455
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:44,661
{\an7}I ASKED THE INTERPRETER,
\h"WHAT ARE THEY DOING?"
456
00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:47,372
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HE SAID,
"THAT‘S THE SIGN OF SUBMISSION."
457
00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:53,503
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ALLIES BOMBED AND BLOCKADED
458
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:57,257
{\an7}THE JAPANESE INTO STARVATION.
459
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,967
{\an7}NOW THEY UNLOAD C-RATIONS.
460
00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:05,474
{\an7}MacArthur: WE DIDN‘T INTEND
\h\h\hTO FEED THEM FOREVER.
461
00:37:05,515 --> 00:37:08,435
{\an7}WE NEEDED TO MAKE JAPAN
\h\h\h\hSELF-SUFFICIENT
462
00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:10,728
{\an7}AS SOON AS IT WAS
HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
463
00:37:14,315 --> 00:37:16,776
{\an7}Narrator: THIS IS A TALL ORDER.
464
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:23,241
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMUCH OF JAPAN
IS SIMPLY NOT THERE ANYMORE.
465
00:37:23,283 --> 00:37:26,495
{\an7}♪
466
00:37:26,536 --> 00:37:28,288
{\an7}TOKYO IS HALF GONE.
467
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:39,007
{\an7}♪
468
00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:40,883
{\an7}FOR MILE AFTER MILE,
469
00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:44,095
{\an7}\h\hIT LOOKS LIKE A FOREST
CLEAR CUT DOWN TO STUMPS.
470
00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:52,979
{\an7}♪
471
00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:56,983
{\an7}REBUILDING IS A JOB TOO IMMENSE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR MANY TO GRASP.
472
00:37:59,819 --> 00:38:02,864
{\an7}SO THEY SIMPLY GET TO IT...
473
00:38:02,906 --> 00:38:05,117
{\an7}WITH PICKS...
474
00:38:05,158 --> 00:38:06,951
{\an7}AND SHOVELS...
475
00:38:06,993 --> 00:38:08,453
{\an7}AND BARE HANDS.
476
00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:13,959
{\an7}IN TWO CITIES, IT‘S EVEN WORSE.
477
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:18,254
{\an7}♪
478
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,924
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hArt Anderson:
WE FLEW DIRECTLY OVER NAGASAKI.
479
00:38:23,259 --> 00:38:24,343
{\an7}FROM GROUND ZERO,
480
00:38:24,552 --> 00:38:28,014
{\an7}EVERYTHING RADIATED OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\h360 DEGREES.
481
00:38:28,056 --> 00:38:32,811
{\an7}♪
482
00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:36,522
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hJerell Crow:
WE WENT TO HIROSHIMA.
483
00:38:36,564 --> 00:38:39,442
{\an7}YOU CAN‘T IMAGINE.
484
00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:43,196
{\an7}FOR MILES, THERE WAS NOTHING.
485
00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:44,698
{\an7}NOTHING LEFT.
486
00:38:47,408 --> 00:38:51,245
{\an7}THIS CITY WAS BURNED DOWN
\h\h\h\hTO THE SIDEWALKS.
487
00:38:51,287 --> 00:38:54,248
{\an7}♪
488
00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:56,542
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT THE BOMB‘S LASTING IMPACT
489
00:38:56,584 --> 00:38:59,962
{\an7}IS NOT IN THE RUBBLE
OF BRICK AND MORTAR.
490
00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:03,174
{\an7}IT‘S IN THE SCARS
OF MIND AND BODY.
491
00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:07,262
{\an7}♪
492
00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:11,390
{\an7}INSIDE HOSPITALS ARE INJURIES
\h\hBEYOND ANYONE‘S TRAINING.
493
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:16,812
{\an7}♪
494
00:39:16,855 --> 00:39:20,317
{\an7}ANYONE WITHIN HALF A MILE
\hWAS INSTANTLY SCORCHED.
495
00:39:22,902 --> 00:39:26,906
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTWO MILES AWAY,
SKIN SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITED.
496
00:39:26,948 --> 00:39:31,411
{\an7}♪
497
00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:36,416
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHIROSHIMA TEENAGER
YAMAOKA MICHIKO SURVIVES,
498
00:39:36,457 --> 00:39:39,585
{\an7}BUT THEN HAS TO ENDURE.
499
00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:41,587
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMichiko:
PEOPLE THREW STONES AT ME
500
00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:44,757
{\an7}AND CALLED ME MONSTER.
501
00:39:44,799 --> 00:39:49,929
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONCE MY MOM
TRIED TO CHOKE ME TO DEATH.
502
00:39:49,971 --> 00:39:54,142
{\an7}\h\h\hIF A GIRL HAS A FACE
YOU COULDN‘T BE BORN WITH,
503
00:39:54,183 --> 00:39:58,729
{\an7}I UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN A MOTHER
\hCOULD WANT TO KILL HER CHILD.
504
00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:05,695
{\an7}Narrator: IN HIROSHIMA,
FEW FAMILIES ARE INTACT.
505
00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:09,824
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMOURNERS GRIEVE
AT OVERCROWDED CEMETERIES.
506
00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:13,286
{\an7}NO ONE KNOWS WHEN OR IF
507
00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:16,832
{\an7}A NEW JAPAN WILL EMERGE
FROM THE ATOMIC SHADOW.
508
00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:24,005
{\an7}Reuben Kandler: WE‘D HOPED
FOR THIS MOMENT FOR YEARS
509
00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:27,008
{\an7}AND DREAMT THAT ONE DAY
\h\h\h\hIT MIGHT ARRIVE.
510
00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:30,637
{\an7}BUT WE‘D NEVER KNOWN
\h\h\hTHAT IT WOULD.
511
00:40:30,678 --> 00:40:34,473
{\an7}Narrator: 140,000 ALLIED
\h\h\h\hPRISONERS OF WAR
512
00:40:34,682 --> 00:40:37,560
{\an7}TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS
\h\h\h\h\hTOWARD HOME.
513
00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:43,566
{\an7}FROM A POW CAMP IN THAILAND,
514
00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:45,944
{\an7}THEY BOARD FLIGHTS TO VIETNAM.
515
00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:49,655
{\an7}♪
516
00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:53,492
{\an7}AN OLD HOTEL IN SAIGON
\h\h\h\hPUTS THEM UP,
517
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:55,495
{\an7}AND IT FEELS LIKE THE RITZ.
518
00:40:58,206 --> 00:40:59,666
{\an7}IN SINGAPORE,
519
00:40:59,707 --> 00:41:03,753
{\an7}SIKH SOLDIERS FROM INDIA
\hCOME OUT OF CAPTIVITY.
520
00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,840
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hU.S. TROOPS
SALUTE THEIR FREEDOM.
521
00:41:09,342 --> 00:41:11,386
{\an7}IN THE PHILIPPINES,
522
00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:15,473
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hJAPAN HAD CALLED
ITS 90,000 PRISONERS OF WAR
523
00:41:15,515 --> 00:41:17,392
{\an7}"GUESTS OF THE EMPIRE."
524
00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:23,607
{\an7}NOW THEY HITCH RIDES
\h\hAND JOIN CONVOYS
525
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:26,568
{\an7}TO CARRY THEM AWAY FROM DESPAIR,
526
00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:28,152
{\an7}TOWARD HOPE.
527
00:41:28,194 --> 00:41:35,702
{\an7}♪
528
00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:37,870
{\an7}IN JAPAN ITSELF,
529
00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:43,126
{\an7}36,000 POWS HAVE ENDURED
\h\hDARKNESS AND DECAY.
530
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:46,754
{\an7}♪
531
00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:49,132
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hRichard Williams:
WE HAD TO CARRY 90% OF THEM
532
00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:51,509
{\an7}OUT ON STRETCHERS.
533
00:41:51,551 --> 00:41:54,929
{\an7}\h\hSOME OF THEIR BONES WERE
STICKING THROUGH THEIR SKIN.
534
00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:00,643
{\an7}Narrator: FORMER CAPTIVES
\h\h\h\hFLOOD THE STREETS,
535
00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:03,021
{\an7}GETTING THEIR FIRST SIPS
\h\h\h\h\hOF FREEDOM...
536
00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:10,152
{\an7}\h\h\hAND THEIR FIRST CRACK AT
THE ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT MESS TENT.
537
00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:14,907
{\an7}♪
538
00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:17,660
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY BEGIN
THE LONG JOURNEY HOME...
539
00:42:19,746 --> 00:42:21,790
{\an7}LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
540
00:42:21,831 --> 00:42:26,627
{\an7}♪
541
00:42:26,669 --> 00:42:29,755
{\an7}\hMORE THAN A QUARTER
OF WESTERN ALLIED POWs
542
00:42:29,797 --> 00:42:31,924
{\an7}DIED IN CAPTIVITY.
543
00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:37,597
{\an7}\h\h\h\hJAPAN PLANNED
TO EXECUTE THE REST--
544
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,140
{\an7}ALL THESE MEN--
545
00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:41,893
{\an7}ONCE THE LAND INVASION BEGAN.
546
00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:47,607
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSOME HAD DUG
THEIR OWN MASS GRAVES.
547
00:42:51,527 --> 00:42:52,737
{\an7}Kandler: WE TALKED ABOUT
548
00:42:52,779 --> 00:42:57,200
{\an7}WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO
\h\hWHEN WE GOT HOME...
549
00:42:57,241 --> 00:43:01,704
{\an7}WHO WE COULDN‘T WAIT TO SEE...
550
00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:04,707
{\an7}AND HOW ALL THE PROBLEMS
\h\h\h\h\hOF NORMAL LIFE
551
00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:07,752
{\an7}COULD NEVER BOTHER US AGAIN--
552
00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:10,088
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNOT AFTER
WHAT WE‘D BEEN THROUGH.
553
00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:20,598
{\an7}♪
554
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:26,437
{\an7}\h\hRedding: WE PICKED UP OVER
A THOUSAND MILITARY PERSONNEL.
555
00:43:26,479 --> 00:43:28,982
{\an7}THE SHIP WAS SO CROWDED.
556
00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:31,651
{\an7}BUT NOBODY COMPLAINED.
557
00:43:31,818 --> 00:43:33,737
{\an7}WE WERE HOMEWARD BOUND.
558
00:43:35,696 --> 00:43:37,489
{\an7}Narrator: THEY CRAVE FAMILY.
559
00:43:38,825 --> 00:43:42,454
{\an7}Jack Lent: MY MOTHER THOUGHT
\h\h\h\h\hI HAD BEEN KILLED.
560
00:43:42,495 --> 00:43:43,663
{\an7}WHEN I WAS IN HAWAII,
561
00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:46,832
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hI CALLED HER
AND TOLD HER I WAS FINE.
562
00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:49,418
{\an7}THEN I HIT THE BARS
\hAND SAW THE GIRLS.
563
00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:53,089
{\an7}♪
564
00:43:53,131 --> 00:43:55,091
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THEY CRAVE THE FAMILIAR.
565
00:43:56,968 --> 00:43:58,928
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRedding:
WHEN WE GOT TO SAN FRANCISCO,
566
00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:01,931
{\an7}PEOPLE WERE THROWING FLOWERS.
567
00:44:01,973 --> 00:44:03,975
{\an7}THERE WAS A BIG SIGN--
568
00:44:04,016 --> 00:44:05,684
{\an7}"WELCOME HOME."
569
00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:14,735
{\an7}♪
570
00:44:14,777 --> 00:44:17,196
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THEY CRAVE HOME COOKING.
571
00:44:18,906 --> 00:44:20,199
{\an7}Arthur Owen: IN TARAWA,
572
00:44:20,241 --> 00:44:22,076
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWE ATE NOTHING
BUT CRUSHED PINEAPPLE
573
00:44:22,118 --> 00:44:25,204
{\an7}AND CANNED VIENNA SAUSAGE.
574
00:44:25,246 --> 00:44:29,125
{\an7}I ATE ENOUGH VIENNA SAUSAGE TO
MAKE A ROPE AND SWING ME HOME.
575
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:35,715
{\an7}♪
576
00:44:35,882 --> 00:44:39,344
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
FINALLY, THEY CRAVE NORMALCY.
577
00:44:39,385 --> 00:44:42,096
{\an7}Kay Clementson: THE FIRST THING
\h\h\h\hAFTER I GOT DISCHARGED,
578
00:44:42,138 --> 00:44:44,682
{\an7}\h\h\hI WENT STRAIGHT
TO A DEPARTMENT STORE.
579
00:44:44,724 --> 00:44:47,977
{\an7}I BOUGHT ME A WHOLE SUIT
\h\hOF CIVILIAN CLOTHES,
580
00:44:48,019 --> 00:44:49,729
{\an7}FROM HEAD TO FOOT.
581
00:44:49,937 --> 00:44:52,731
{\an7}AND I PUT IT ON RIGHT THERE.
582
00:44:52,773 --> 00:44:54,733
{\an7}MAYBE I SHOULDN‘T SAY THIS,
583
00:44:54,775 --> 00:44:57,945
{\an7}\h\hBUT I JUST TOOK MY UNIFORM
AND DROPPED IT IN THE GARBAGE
584
00:44:57,987 --> 00:45:00,740
{\an7}AND WALKED ON OUT.
585
00:45:00,781 --> 00:45:02,741
{\an7}THAT WAS ONE HAPPY DAY.
586
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:04,410
{\an7}♪
587
00:45:08,915 --> 00:45:11,042
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJohn Rich:
THE TRAINS WERE RUNNING.
588
00:45:13,878 --> 00:45:15,838
{\an7}AND THE STREETCARS WERE RUNNING.
589
00:45:17,173 --> 00:45:19,300
{\an7}THE JAPANESE WERE VERY BUSY.
590
00:45:21,802 --> 00:45:27,057
{\an7}Narrator: A NEW JAPAN BEGINS
\hTO RISE OUT OF THE RUBBLE.
591
00:45:27,099 --> 00:45:29,768
{\an7}MACARTHUR GUIDES THE OCCUPATION
592
00:45:29,894 --> 00:45:32,814
{\an7}WITHOUT APPEARING
\hAS AN OVERLORD.
593
00:45:32,855 --> 00:45:34,774
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMacArthur:
I ADVISED THE JAPANESE PEOPLE
594
00:45:34,941 --> 00:45:36,276
{\an7}TO SEEK A HEALTHY BLEND
595
00:45:36,317 --> 00:45:40,613
{\an7}BETWEEN THE BEST OF THEIRS
\h\hAND THE BEST OF OURS.
596
00:45:40,655 --> 00:45:42,615
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
HE OPENS CIVIL LIBERTIES...
597
00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:47,203
{\an7}AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
598
00:45:47,245 --> 00:45:50,415
{\an7}BEYOND THE DEEP TRADITIONS
\hOF SHINTO AND BUDDHISM.
599
00:45:53,125 --> 00:45:57,212
{\an7}\h\hHE ALSO FLOODS THE COUNTRY
WITH TEN MILLION FREE BIBLES.
600
00:45:57,255 --> 00:46:02,177
{\an7}♪
601
00:46:02,218 --> 00:46:05,972
{\an7}BASEBALL IS ALREADY A PASTIME
\h\h\h\hBOTH COUNTRIES ENJOY.
602
00:46:08,015 --> 00:46:09,642
{\an7}MACARTHUR‘S OWN HOME MOVIES
603
00:46:09,684 --> 00:46:13,855
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCAPTURE HIS WIFE JEAN
TAKING IN A JAPANESE BALLGAME.
604
00:46:16,023 --> 00:46:18,859
{\an7}ONCE, SHE EVEN THROWS OUT
\h\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST PITCH.
605
00:46:22,905 --> 00:46:26,492
{\an7}THE USO REACHES ITS FINAL STAGE,
606
00:46:26,534 --> 00:46:30,204
{\an7}WITH DANNY KAYE PLAYING IT UP
\h\h\h\hFOR OCCUPATION TROOPS.
607
00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:37,712
{\an7}♪
608
00:46:37,753 --> 00:46:39,546
{\an7}MARKETS GET BUSIER.
609
00:46:39,588 --> 00:46:46,095
{\an7}♪
610
00:46:46,137 --> 00:46:47,847
{\an7}PEOPLE GET FRIENDLIER.
611
00:46:47,972 --> 00:46:51,851
{\an7}♪
612
00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:54,854
{\an7}A NEW OPENNESS SLOWLY BLOSSOMS.
613
00:46:54,895 --> 00:47:03,153
{\an7}♪
614
00:47:03,195 --> 00:47:06,865
{\an7}MACARTHUR ALLOWS HIROHITO
\h\h\h\hTO REMAIN EMPEROR.
615
00:47:07,033 --> 00:47:09,869
{\an7}HE GOES FROM RECLUSE
\hTO PUBLIC FIGURE.
616
00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:14,123
{\an7}♪
617
00:47:14,165 --> 00:47:16,876
{\an7}KIDS WHO WOULD NOT DARE
\h\hLOOK HIM IN THE EYE
618
00:47:17,043 --> 00:47:19,504
{\an7}NOW SURROUND HIM WITH CHEERS.
619
00:47:19,545 --> 00:47:24,633
{\an7}♪
620
00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:27,887
{\an7}HERE, HE MAKES HIS FIRST VISIT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO HIROSHIMA
621
00:47:27,928 --> 00:47:29,888
{\an7}TO HONOR THE BOMB VICTIMS.
622
00:47:29,972 --> 00:47:33,392
{\an7}♪
623
00:47:33,434 --> 00:47:37,355
{\an7}IT‘S DECEMBER 7, 1947--
624
00:47:37,396 --> 00:47:40,858
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEXACTLY SIX YEARS
AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
625
00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:42,902
{\an7}SPARKED THE PACIFIC WAR.
626
00:47:42,943 --> 00:47:48,907
{\an7}♪
627
00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,785
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnnouncer:
JAPAN, THE LAND OF FUJI-SAN,
628
00:47:51,827 --> 00:47:55,247
{\an7}IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING
\h\hOF ALL COUNTRIES TO VISIT.
629
00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:57,917
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
TO HELP THE REBUILDING EFFORT,
630
00:47:58,042 --> 00:48:00,211
{\an7}\h\hAMERICA BEGINS
ENCOURAGING TRAVEL
631
00:48:00,252 --> 00:48:02,921
{\an7}TO THE COUNTRY IT JUST DEFEATED.
632
00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:06,717
{\an7}\h\hTOURISM BRINGS CASH
AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE--
633
00:48:06,759 --> 00:48:08,928
{\an7}TWO THINGS THEY HOPE
\h\hCAN BRING JAPAN
634
00:48:09,011 --> 00:48:11,931
{\an7}INTO THE FAMILY OF FREE NATIONS.
635
00:48:12,098 --> 00:48:16,811
{\an7}TRAVEL FILMS PROMISE A LAND
OF EXOTIC SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.
636
00:48:16,852 --> 00:48:21,398
{\an7}[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
637
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:26,487
{\an7}BUT WITH ENOUGH WESTERN TOUCHES
\h\h\h\hTO ATTRACT THE SKITTISH.
638
00:48:26,529 --> 00:48:30,491
{\an7}\hTOURISM IS THE NEW
POST-WAR PROPAGANDA.
639
00:48:30,533 --> 00:48:32,952
{\an7}THE MESSAGE MAY BE PANDERING,
640
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:34,953
{\an7}BUT IT DOES HINT AT THE PROMISE.
641
00:48:37,248 --> 00:48:48,634
{\an7}♪
642
00:48:48,676 --> 00:48:51,345
{\an7}\h\hFROM THE EDGES
OF A VAST OCEAN...
643
00:48:53,264 --> 00:48:57,018
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND FROM THE ASHES
OF ITS GREAT CATACLYSM...
644
00:48:58,352 --> 00:49:00,980
{\an7}\h\hNEW GENERATIONS
WILL BEGIN BRIDGING
645
00:49:01,105 --> 00:49:02,898
{\an7}THE GREAT PACIFIC DIVIDE.
646
00:49:05,693 --> 00:49:07,486
{\an7}BUT FOR THIS GENERATION,
647
00:49:07,528 --> 00:49:10,740
{\an7}IT WILL NEVER AGAIN
BE THE PEACEFUL SEA.
648
00:49:10,781 --> 00:49:17,037
{\an7}♪
649
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:22,001
{\an7}\hKobayashi Hiroyasu:
I WONDER WHAT WAR IS.
650
00:49:22,042 --> 00:49:25,921
{\an7}I WONDER WHY WE DID IT.
651
00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:30,176
{\an7}I‘M NOT TALKING ABOUT
\h\h\hVICTORY OR LOSS.
652
00:49:30,217 --> 00:49:36,014
{\an7}I MERELY FEEL HEARTBROKEN
\h\h\hFOR THOSE WHO DIED.
653
00:49:36,056 --> 00:49:39,351
{\an7}HOWEVER MUCH YOU‘RE GLORIFIED,
654
00:49:39,393 --> 00:49:42,396
{\an7}IF YOU‘RE DEAD, THAT‘S IT.
655
00:49:42,438 --> 00:49:51,113
{\an7}♪
656
00:49:51,155 --> 00:49:53,032
{\an7}\hGeorge Haggerty:
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY,
657
00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:54,992
{\an7}THIS MOVIE WAS REALISTIC...
658
00:49:55,034 --> 00:49:59,121
{\an7}♪
659
00:49:59,163 --> 00:50:01,540
{\an7}OR THAT MOVIE WAS NOT.
660
00:50:04,126 --> 00:50:07,087
{\an7}WAR IS SOMETHING YOU DON‘T GET
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN ANY MOVIE.
661
00:50:10,758 --> 00:50:13,803
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE PUNGENT ODOR
OF DECAYING BODIES...
662
00:50:17,723 --> 00:50:20,935
{\an7}\h\hTHE CONSTANT CLATTER
OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS...
663
00:50:24,104 --> 00:50:26,023
{\an7}SUSPENSEFUL WAITING...
664
00:50:29,652 --> 00:50:33,364
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEN THE IMPACT OF
WHISPERING ARTILLERY SHELLS...
665
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:39,245
{\an7}SCREAMS OF THE WOUNDED
\h\h\h\h\hAND DYING...
666
00:50:43,832 --> 00:50:46,626
{\an7}THE OVERWHELMING SMELL
\h\h\hOF GUNPOWDER...
667
00:50:46,669 --> 00:50:51,340
{\an7}♪
668
00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:54,302
{\an7}YOU DON‘T GET ANY OF THAT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN A MOVIE.
669
00:50:54,343 --> 00:50:59,640
{\an7}♪
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