0:00 - Introductory statements and family backgound

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Hawaii; house wives; jewelers; pharmacists; Sansei; tailors

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6:17 - Hilo Electric Light Company and feuding with parents after he joined the Army

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Keywords: clerks; Nisei parents; power plants; voluntary enlistment

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8:51 - Nisei parents and disconnect with Japan

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Keywords: "housewives"; American values; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; ideals; Japanese language school; pharmacists

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12:08 - Childhood friendships that carried on into Army service

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; organized sports; physical; voluntary enlistment

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14:26 - Pre-War life in Hilo, Hawaii

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Keywords: automobiles; baseball; Buddhism; Christianity; religion; tidal waves

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20:34 - Reaction to the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: affiliation to Japan; blackouts; discrmination; gasoline rationing; loyalty; movie theaters

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24:56 - Aftermath from Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: gasoline; Hawaiian National Guard; Hilo; liquor; military presence; rationing

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27:00 - Recalls his cousin's advice to leave front lines on furlough

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; discharge; Lieutenant; Schofield Barracks

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