0:26 - Introduction -- Family, Growing up in Honolulu, Hawaii

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Keywords: brothers; childhood; family; Hawaii; Honolulu; Japan; parents; sisters

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2:03 - Attended Japanese language school / Father and mother both educated in English language

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Keywords: bilingual; Christianity; father; Hawaii; Japanese culture; Japanese immigrant; Japanese language; Japanese language school; mother; Nisei; seminary; Tokyo; Yokohama

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5:13 - Learned Japanese values in Japanese language school -- Reciprocated through actions of Nisei soldiers

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; American soldiers; banzai charge; indoctrination'filial piety; Issei parents; Japanese language school; Japanese values; Nisei soldier

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8:28 - Public schooling at English Standard School -- Importance of education

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Keywords: education; public school; segregation

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10:53 - Growing up in urban Hawaii -- Childhood friends, Japanese language school

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Keywords: childhood friends; country; diversity; Haoles; Hawaii; Hawaiians; Japanese language school; Nisei; plantation; public school; urban communities

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13:45 - Brother stuck in Japan during the war

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Keywords: aviation; brothers; enemy; enemy sympathizer; FBI; Hawaii; Hawaiian Airlines; Japan; Japanese American; Nisei; NYU; Pearl Harbor; pioneer; siblings; sisters; spy

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16:52 - Grew up believing he was an American -- Attack on Pearl Harbor caused a culture shock

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Keywords: Americah history; American government; baseball; cultural shock; elementary school; Gettysburg Address; high school; Japanese language school; Pearl Harbor

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19:39 - University of Hawaii ROTC responded to Pearl Harbor attack -- Became Hawaii Territorial Guard (HTG) / Nisei recruits pulled from service -- Enemy "4C" Classification

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Keywords: 4C Classification; American citizens; American uniform; Americans of Japanese; company; enemy classification; Hawaii Territorial Guard (HTG); honorable discharge; Nisei; paratroopers; Pearl Harbor; prejudice; racial discrimination; ROTC; St. Louis Heights; University of Hawaii; volunteers; War Department; Washington DC

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