I wonder how many people defending Exec Order 9066 have had their right arm blown off at the elbow by a rifle grenade and continued fighting
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That happened to Daniel Inouye in 1945 while internment was still going on. He was also shot in the stomach and leg
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He didn't get the Medal of Honor for this incident until 50 years later as part of Bill Clinton's big apology to Japanese Americans
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Which is all just a long way of saying, shut up
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They amputated the remains of that arm without proper anesthesia because he'd lost so much blood a full dose of morphine might've killed him
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When he woke up and was told what had happened he expressed disbelief "Nobody does that"
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It is the sort of thing you would be hard pressed to portray in a video game without people complaining about suspension of disbelief
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I will listen to your argument if you first pry a hand grenade from your dead, dangling right hand with your left without setting it off
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Bonus points if you can then - again, before it goes off - throw the grenade back at the Nazi who shot you and destroy a machine gun nest
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I know it sounds simple on paper but remember in real life you've only got a few seconds and you're already losing consciousness from pain
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if interested, you can listen to Sen. Inouye tell the story in our oral history interview with him: http://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1049669 …
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