Today there is more diversity and complexity.
Yet others among perhaps 300 attendees were able to detect the beginning of a swing back to the older values. No votes were taken but a consensus might have been for only guarded pessimism rather than outright pessimism. It took so long because of what is now seen as racial bias that kept AJAs from getting the top medal despite having the best combat record, highest casualty rates and most decorations of any World War II units. Inouye continued to lead his unit forward against the Germans in Italy even after his right arm was shot off. Inouye told the JCCH forum that he, too, is re-examining his old values.