Summary

Taizo is distraught because he has lost everything, and he thinks Ruth took away his dignity by going to help Ralph without asking for the help of Taizo or her brother. This demonstrates a lack of respect for him as a man. He is proud of Ruth, but he wants to be able to make her proud of him. The internees learn that Nisei will now be able to volunteer for the military. FDR is quoted as saying that being American is about loyalty and not race. The military comes and has all Nisei men sign up for the selective service, and Issei men and women and Nisei women are given the option to volunteer as nurses or for the WAAC. On the form, internees have to decide whether to pledge loyalty to the United States and then whether they renounce all...