George Takei talks childhood memory that inspired his new book

Actor and advocate George Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in the original "Star Trek" series, joins TODAY to discuss his latest children’s book “My Lost Freedom." “I wanted to tell the story for children from my vantage point then, but also to cover two generations,” he says.
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[@petekeller1424]

I have that in common with George, my birthday is also on April 20th. Happy birthday George!

[@biancang9736]

my birthday is also on the 20th too

[@biancang9736]

my birthday is also on the 20th too

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

I want to ask George if Walter Koenig ever thanked him for taking the movie part in "The Green Berets" with John Wayne, and leaving Chekov to get the slot in "The Gamesters of Triskelion" Star Trek episode instead of Sulu as planned... ;-)

[@josephlawson9950]

Oh my

[@rogermoore-gd9do]

This fella gives me the creeps!