0:27 - Introduction -- Father was a World War I veteran / Youngest of seven children

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Keywords: brothers; California; Coyote; family; farming; infantry; Issei parents; Salinas; siblings; sisters; World War I; World War I veteran; WWI; WWI veteran

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2:59 - Childhood -- Family worked on a lettuce farm in Salinas, California

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Keywords: American citizenship; California; family; farm; farmer; farming; friends; harvest; lettuce; military service; Orientals; Salinas; sugar beets; US Army; World War I veteran; WWI; WWI veteran

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6:03 - Called a "Jap" in grammar school by Caucasian children

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Keywords: "Jap"; baseball; California; Caucasians; grammar school; Japanese Americans; Salinas

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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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Keywords: "Jap"; California; conquerors; discrimination; grammar school; high school; Japan; Japanese people; Japanese students; Korea; Manchuria; relatives; Salinas; station master; train

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13:24 - Knowledge of Japanese submarines sneaking into Pearl Harbor prior to December 7th

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Keywords: aircraft carrier; battleships; Japan; Japanese submarines; Pearl Harbor; radio; surprise attack

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14:33 - Tutored Japanese classmates in English language

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Keywords: "white person"; English language; Japanese students; school

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15:49 - Felt acceptance in Japan -- Never discriminated against for being Japanese American

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Keywords: "Japs"; African Americans; America; colored people; discrimination; family; hardships; racial discrimination; segregation; social hierarchy; Uncle; white people

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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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Keywords: American battleship; American citizen; American soldiers; coal; family; father; Golden Gate Bridge; Korea; Manchuria; neutral zone; San Francisco Bay; Uncle; United States; United States government; Yokohama

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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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