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For every B-17 shot down,
每有一架B-17被擊落
American workers produce two more.
就會有兩架開出兵工廠
Overwhelm the enemy.
徹底擊垮敵人
Overwhelm them with machines and manpower.
憑借機械與人力 徹底擊垮了他們
By 1943, 10 million Americans have been drafted.
1943年 1000萬美國人被征入伍
One is 18-year-old Harold Baumgarten,
18歲的哈羅德·鮑姆加滕便是其一
a NewYorker from the Bronx.
來自紐約布朗克斯區
He'd been offered a try out at Yankee stadium.
他當時即將在洋基隊開始職業生涯
But before I could begin playing for the team,I was drafted.
但在我進隊打球之前 ，我就被征入伍了
On July 10, 1943, I entered the US Army.
1943年7月10日 我成為了美國陸軍的一員
What they did as 18 or 19-year-old soldiers
他們十八九歲時作為一個士兵所做的貢獻
was far and away of greater significance than anything they ever did in the rest of their lives.
比起他們后半生的任何作為都要有意義得多
William Dabney convinces his grandmother,to let him sign up at the age of 17.
威廉·達布尼說服了祖母讓他在17歲時入伍
I just wanted to follow my buddies.
我只是想跟我的朋友們一起
During the Revolutionary War, 1/6 of all of George Washington's soldiers were black men.
獨立戰爭期間，華盛頓麾下六分之一的士兵都是黑人
And every time, in the course of our first couple of hundred years that we had a conflict,
在我們為獨立而抗爭的百余年中每一次沖突
and we called upon all citizens,black citizens as well, to serve,
我們都會號召起全國人民，包括黑人，報效國家
blacks stepped forward.
黑人總是挺身而出
Despite the struggles of war, old prejudices remain.
盡管深陷戰爭泥沼 歧視依然存在
Platoons are segregated.
黑人被隔離編制
The Army played a significant role because,in many ways,
軍隊在此扮演了一個至關重要的角色，因為 在很多方面
the Army was the first place that blacks and whites began have to stand together and represent the same idea,
軍隊是第一個需要黑人與白人并肩作戰表達同一理念的地方
even though they were in segregated barriers.
即使他們被分開編制
Attention!
立正
World War II changed the entire world,
二戰改變了整個世界
but it certainly transformed the American--
也同樣改變了美國人
the black American psyche in a way that led to and made possible the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and the 60s.
尤其是美國黑人的精神風貌，而這正是50到60年代民權運動興起的原因
