For every B-17 shot down,

每有一架B-17被击落

American workers produce two more.

就会有两架开出兵工厂

Overwhelm the enemy.

彻底击垮敌人

Overwhelm them with machines and manpower.

凭借机械与人力 彻底击垮了他们

By 1943, 10 million Americans have been drafted.

1943年 1000万美国人被征入伍

One is 18-year-old Harold Baumgarten,

18岁的哈罗德·鲍姆加滕便是其一

a NewYorker from the Bronx.

来自纽约布朗克斯区

He'd been offered a try out at Yankee stadium.

他当时即将在洋基队开始职业生涯

But before I could begin playing for the team,I was drafted.

但在我进队打球之前 ，我就被征入伍了

On July 10, 1943, I entered the US Army.

1943年7月10日 我成为了美国陆军的一员

What they did as 18 or 19-year-old soldiers

他们十八九岁时作为一个士兵所做的贡献

was far and away of greater significance than anything they ever did in the rest of their lives.

比起他们后半生的任何作为都要有意义得多

William Dabney convinces his grandmother,to let him sign up at the age of 17.

威廉·达布尼说服了祖母让他在17岁时入伍

I just wanted to follow my buddies.

我只是想跟我的朋友们一起

During the Revolutionary War, 1/6 of all of George Washington's soldiers were black men.

独立战争期间，华盛顿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,

在我们为独立而抗争的百余年中每一次冲突

and we called upon all citizens,black citizens as well, to serve,

我们都会号召起全国人民，包括黑人，报效国家

blacks stepped forward.

黑人总是挺身而出

Despite the struggles of war, old prejudices remain.

尽管深陷战争泥沼 歧视依然存在

Platoons are segregated.

黑人被隔离编制

The Army played a significant role because,in many ways,

军队在此扮演了一个至关重要的角色，因为 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,

军队是第一个需要黑人与白人并肩作战表达同一理念的地方

even though they were in segregated barriers.

即使他们被分开编制

Attention!

立正

World War II changed the entire world,

二战改变了整个世界

but it certainly transformed the American--

也同样改变了美国人

the black American psyche in a way that led to and made possible the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and the 60s.

尤其是美国黑人的精神风貌，而这正是50到60年代民权运动兴起的原因