0:00 - Introduction; and discussing community and friendships growing up and employment

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Keywords: carpentry; Chinese; Hawaiian; Japanese; nickname; Pearl Harbor; school

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2:27 - Discussing nickname; father; and siblings

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Keywords: comics; death; farmers; food; Honolulu; mother; taxi driver; town

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5:17 - Attending Japanese language school; and speaking Pidgin at home

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Keywords: bus; English; family; father; shame

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7:34 - Discussing school, playing sports; and experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: baseball; Buddha heads; children; football; Hawaii; racism

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9:17 - Discussing father II, neighbors; and childhood home

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Keywords: bed; father; ice; Japanese language school; lunch; school

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11:52 - Experiences Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: baseball; bombing; brother; car; friends; school; wounded

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14:19 - Pearl Harbor II and aftermath

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Keywords: bombing; emperor; employment; Japan; lumber; radio; war bonds

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16:49 - Volunteering for service; and discussing formation of Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV)

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Keywords: alien (law); blackouts in war; friend; Japanese; letters; Waikiki; war bonds

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20:01 - Volunteering II

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Keywords: Army; father; friend; Honolulu; Japanese; trucks

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22:30 - Discussing "enemy alien" classification; the formation of the 442nd; and incarceration camps

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Keywords: barbed wire; draft; Hawaii; Japanese; United States Army internment camps; volunteer

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24:54 - Traveling to basic training

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Keywords: 442nd; convoy; gun; Hawaii; mainland; San Francisco; ship; uniform

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