Victor Abe oral history interview, part 1 of 5, November 14, 1999

0:00 - Introduction / Brief description of schools attended and activities with friends during his childhood

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Keywords: education; family; friends; Japanese language school; sports

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1:58 - Father's arrival in the United States, his higher education attainment, and involvement within the community

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Keywords: boy scouts; Buddhist; education; family; father; Issei parents

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3:24 - Personal involvement with the Boy Scouts

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Keywords: Bird identification; Boy Scouts; Camping; Swimming

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3:56 - Mother's values imparted to her children

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Keywords: family; Issei parents; Issei values; mother

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5:08 - Relationship with siblings

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Keywords: brothers; family; siblings; sisters

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6:21 - Parent's engagement and marriage

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Keywords: father; marriage; mother; parents

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6:50 - Struggles with learning at Japanese school

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Keywords: baseball; basketball; education; Japanese language school; Nisei; sports

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9:18 - High school education and involvement with sports

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Keywords: basketball; camping; diversity; education; high school; sports

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10:52 - Encountering racial discrimination

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Keywords: anger; race discrimination; racism

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12:00 - Higher education at UCLA

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Keywords: basketball; chemistry; civil engineering; grades; higher education; race discrimination; registration; UCLA

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15:58 - Transfer to UC Berkley, war interrupts studies, and graduation after the war

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Keywords: graduation; higher education; relocation; University of California, Berkeley; war

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17:01 - Remembering hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the FBI taking his father on December 7, 1941

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Keywords: emotions; father; FBI; internment; mother; parents; Pearl Harbor; University of California, Berkeley

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20:22 - Contact with interned father

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Keywords: Fort Missoula Internment Camp; letters; Shigin; singing

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21:25 - Emotions over Executive Order 9066

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Keywords: anger; business; family; interment camps; property disposal; relocation camps

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23:22 - Being drafted into the US Army

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Keywords: Army Air Corps; draft board; Fort MacArthur; friends; Hakujin; infantry; race discrimination

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