0:00 - Introduction

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Partial Transcript: Parents came from Hiroshima to United States for a better life / Father worked as a lumberjack in Seattle

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Keywords: Hiroshima; parents; Torrance

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3:36 - Childhood

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Partial Transcript: Growing up in Torrance, CA with one sister and four brothers / Area was mostly Japanese

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Keywords: siblings

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6:19 - Education

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Partial Transcript: Grammar school experience / helping with parents' farm in Downey, CA until the Great Depression

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Keywords: education; farming

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8:39 - Education II

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Partial Transcript: Redondo Union High School experience / Parents' stressed not to shame the family

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Keywords: high school; Japanese identity and values

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11:12 - Recalling Pearl Harbor

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Partial Transcript: How his life changed after Pearl Harbor / Reaction to forced removal order

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Pearl Harbor

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16:18 - Recalls Santa Anita

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Partial Transcript: Living at the Santa Anita horse stables for 6 months/ got paid $10 a month to do work

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Keywords: employment; living conditions; Santa Anita; temporary detention centers

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20:43 - Discusses Rohwer

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Partial Transcript: Whole family incarcerated in camp in Rohwer, Arkansas--oldest brother volunteered to go to Manzanar.

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Keywords: incarceration camps; Manzanar; Rohwer

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23:14 - Discusses Rohwer II

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Partial Transcript: Rohwer camp description--winter experience/ starts work as a blacksmith then works on mail truck

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Keywords: employment; incarceration camps; living conditions; Rohwer

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