0:00 - Brother started wholesale produce market

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Keywords: "evacuation"; accounting; brother; discrimination; Hoover Dam; Japanese ancestry; junior college; pre-war; wholesale produce market

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4:15 - Hearing the news of Pearl Harbor attack -- Mother's reaction to Japan's act of war

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Keywords: economic productivity; Italians; Japan; Japanese Army; Japanese language; Japanese military; liquor store; mother; neighbors; Pearl Harbor; produce market

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7:05 - Taken to Tulare temporary detention center

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Keywords: "assembly center"; "evacuation"; "internment"; "relocation"; barbed wire; family; farm; farmers; forced removal; Gila River; incarceration; Pasadena; produce; race track; San Gabriel Valley; San Pedro; Santa Anita; Sierra Madre; temporary detention center; Tulare; war; wholesale produce market

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10:56 - Brother was able to sell produce business before forced removal / Caucasian lawyer took care of family's house

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Keywords: brother; evacuation; forced removal; Japanese Americans; lawyer

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12:50 - Accused of violating a blackout -- Caucasian friends supported family at judicial hearing and case was dismissed

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Keywords: Air Raid Wardens; blackout; brother; Caucasian friends; discrimination; family; Issei parents; jail; judge; police station; policemen; Quakers; San Gabriel Valley; wholesale produce market

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19:32 - Feelings of "Shikata ga nai" upon moving into the temporary detention center / Living conditions at Gila River

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Keywords: "assembly center"; "evacuation"; "Shikata Ga Nai"; barracks; brother; dust; fire department; forced removal; furniture; Gila River; Japanese culture; mess hall; Nisei; sand; teacher; temporary detention center; Tulare; violation of civil rights; wind

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25:15 - Little opportunities within camp to fulfill ambitions until military recruitment

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Keywords: concentration camp; fire department; recruitment; volunteer for service; war; World War II; World War Two

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