0:33 - Introduction -- Goes by "Sho"

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Keywords: Arcadia; California; Caucasians; grammar school; Japanese name; nickname

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1:32 - Childhood -- Father moved family to Sierra Madre / First visit to Japan -- Sister stayed with grandparents

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Keywords: Arcadia; brother; California; childhood; family; farmer; grandparents; Great Depression; grocery store; Hiroshima; Japan; siblings; Sierra Madre; tenant farming; vegetable wagon; younger sister

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5:24 - Childhood -- Almost denied entrance to swimming pool because of Japanese descent / Religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics in Sierra Madre

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Keywords: Catholics; Caucasian friends; discrimination; Italians; Japanese ancestry; Japanese families; junior high school; Mexicans; Nisei; Pasadena; Protestants; racial discrimination; religion; religious discrimination; Scholarship Society; Sierra Madre; swimming pool; teacher

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10:16 - One childhood friend became the Olympic (Mexico City) Track and Field Coach

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Keywords: Caucasian friends; childhood; childhood friends; coach; Japanese Americans; Mexico City; Occidental College; Olympics; post-war; Sierra Madre; track and field; USC

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13:11 - Mother was disciplinarian in the household / Looked up to his father

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Keywords: Caucasians; disciplinarian; English Language; farmer; father; Issei; Issei parents; mother; respect for family; uncle; values

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16:52 - Attending Japanese language school -- Language knowledge was poor

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Keywords: Japanese community; Japanese language; Japanese language school; Japanese school teacher; Judo; Kanji; Kendo; Sierra Madre; values

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21:44 - Younger sister brought back home from Japan in 1929

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Keywords: English language; grandmother; Great Depression; grocery store; Japan; Japanese language; language barrier; sister

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24:51 - "Triple J" Social Club for students of Japanese ancestry

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Keywords: "Triple J" Club; high school; Japanese American; Japanese background; Nisei; Pasadena Junior College; social club; students

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27:54 - Graduated from high school in 1935

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Keywords: college; graduation; high school; Pasadena Junior College; university

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