0:00 - Introduction; family background

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Keywords: California; education; Issei parents; San Jaquin Valley; stepmother

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2:24 - Discussing father's livelihood

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Keywords: Alien land laws; California; farming; Issei parents; race discrimination

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5:27 - Discussing racism in America

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Keywords: African Americans; Japanese Americans; segregation; The South

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6:34 - Discussing growing up in Kings County

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Keywords: education; Executive Order 9066; farming; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; living conditions; siblings

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8:52 - Discussing Japanese language schooling

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Keywords: Buddhism; Japanese language school; MISLS; priest

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11:04 - Discussing military draft before Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Roberts; discrimination in the military; draft; farming

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13:30 - Describes how Executive Order 9066 affected his military service

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Keywords: Arkansas; Camp Robinson; Camp Savage; discrimination in the military; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Nisei soldiers

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17:05 - Discussing military service before and after Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: communication; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Nisei soldiers; prevention; segregated unit

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20:55 - Discussing his family's evacuation

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Keywords: Assembly Centers; Executive Order 9066; Fresno; furlough; Jerome; Shikata ga nai

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23:27 - Discussing visiting his family in internment camp

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Keywords: concentration camp; Jerome; Shikata ga nai; work permit

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25:23 - Discussing infantry training

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Keywords: Camp Roberts; combat; machine gunner; rifle

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26:13 - Discussing training at Camp Savage

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Keywords: class; living conditions; Minnesota; MISLS; Nisei soldiers; winter

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