As Star Trek officer Hikaru Sulu, he encountered alien life forms almost every day. But for actor George Takei, his own experience of “enemy aliens” came much earlier in life, when his family were deemed a threat to America and hauled off to an internment camp.
George, who was born and raised in California, vividly recalls the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941 – and President Roosevelt declared war on Japan.
More than 2,400 people were killed in the devastating attack, which destroyed more than 300 American aircraft and sunk 20 battleships.
