all because ray takahashi pinned you for a flag burner. 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, i'd 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. didn't get out of tule lake till '46, 'cause i answered "no" twice to the government loyalty questionnaire. loyalty questionnaire? asked if we'd be willing to fight in the war, renounce the japanese emperor. oh. and you refused to? didn't know the damn emperor's 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 couldn't see it. ♪ why do you whisper, green grass ♪ ♪ why tell the trees what ain't so? ♪ ♪ whispering grass ♪ the trees don't have to know... ♪ hey, ray. you done for the day? ah, almost. ray: i've been reading up on your hometown, philadelphia. underst