Thanks for that awesome story. I'm one of those weird people who look at life with a glass half full instead of half empty attitude, and your story reminds me that people are basically good. Just remove the fear and amazing things can happen.

Coincidentally, my dad fought in the Pacific during WW2 and wow, the names I heard for Japanese people...

But oddly, his best friend in his later years was a Japanese man. I think maybe that was the lesson that rubbed off on me, more than his stereotyping.