0:27 - Introduction -- Father was a World War I veteran / Youngest of seven children
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2:59 - Childhood -- Family worked on a lettuce farm in Salinas, California
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6:03 - Called a "Jap" in grammar school by Caucasian children
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8:20 - Sent to Japan in high school / Traveled to Manchuria and Korea -- Treatment of the natives by the Japanese
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13:24 - Knowledge of Japanese submarines sneaking into Pearl Harbor prior to December 7th
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14:33 - Tutored Japanese classmates in English language
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15:49 - Felt acceptance in Japan -- Never discriminated against for being Japanese American
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19:29 - Sent back to the United States / Aboard only ship allowed to dock at San Francisco Bay
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23:00 - Unfair treatment towards Japanese Americans during World War II
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Keywords: "Jap lovers"; "Jap"; African Americans; American history; Assembly Center; Blacks; Caucasian friends; Caucasians; civil rights; concentration camps; discrimination; Germany; grammar school; high school; Japanese American unit; Japanese Americans; President Roosevelt; racial discrimination; recruitment; segregated unit; US Army; US Constitution; volunteer for service; World War II; World War Two; Yellow Race
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