0:00 - Introduction / Playing baseball and childhood in Hawaii

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Keywords: baseball; childhood; Hilo, Hawaii; parents; rural communities; siblings; Waiakea, Hawaii; Waianae, Hawaii

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3:04 - Father's career as a truck farmer / Working on plantation

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Keywords: diesel operator; father; job; Oahu; plantation; produce; truck farming; Waianae, Hawaii

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4:56 - Dropping out of school to help support family

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Keywords: education; family; father; grammar school; high school; illness; siblings; work

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6:43 - Being drafted into the U.S. Army

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Keywords: Army; basic training; draft; Hawaii; parents; Pearl Harbor; supervisor; war

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8:29 - Day of the Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: attack; baseball; bombing; camp; park; Pearl Harbor; radio broadcast

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9:50 - Return to Army camp following attack / Rifles taken away

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); basic training; discrimination; Japanese-Americans; Nisei soldiers; Pear Harbor; protective netting; rifles

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12:27 - Receiving Bronze Star

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Keywords: Bronze Star; citations; Hawaii; medals; overseas; Pearl Harbor

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13:21 - Aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack / Assigned to the 298th Regiment

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Keywords: 298th Infantry Regiment; assignment; camp; Coast Guard; guard duty; private first class; rifles; Schofield Barracks

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16:06 - Traveling to the mainland United States / Riding on the SS Maui

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Keywords: Camp McCoy; Camp Shelby; Oakland; painting; seasick; SS Maui; train; troop transport

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17:57 - Basic training at Camp McCoy -- Close order drills

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Keywords: basic training; Camp McCoy; close-order drills; fitness; Hawaiian soldiers; ice-skating rink; march; snow

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20:52 - Lessons learned from parents

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Keywords: correspondence; Hawaii; lessons; military service; parents; pen-pals; religion; upbringing

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23:45 - Moving to Camp Shelby / Visiting relocation camp

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; Coca-Cola; internees; internment camp; Japanese-Americans; living conditions; relocation centers; Waianae, Hawaii

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