0:00 - Military training in Japan / Returning to America -- Entering through San Francisco Harbor

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Keywords: American citizen; family; Golden Gate Bridge; Japan; Japanese American; Japanese language; Japanese military; Japanese people; military training; San Francisco; sister

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5:55 - FBI raided family's home after the Pearl Harbor attack -- Disrespected his father

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Keywords: "Jap"; brothers; concentration camps; December 7th; discrimination; equality; farm; farming; father; FBI; Hitler; Italians; Japanese army; Nazi Germany; oppression; Pearl Harbor; racial prejudice; superior race; World War I; WWI veteran

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11:16 - Day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor / Public knowledge of Japanese submarines entering Pearl Harbor prior to attack / Family sent to Salinas Assembly Center

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Arizona; bombing; concentration camp; country; December 7th; family; farm; farming; Hitler; Pearl Harbor; President Roosevelt; Salinas; Salinas Assembly Center; Salinas Rodeo Grounds; sister; submarines

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14:51 - Injustice of Executive Order 9066

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Keywords: "evacuation"; assembly center; Executive Order 9066; father; forced removal; high school; injustice; United States government

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16:43 - FBI trashed father's World War I American uniform

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Keywords: assembly center; discrimination; disrespect; FBI; prejudice; United States Army uniform; United States Government; WWI veteran

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18:23 - Day after Pearl Harbor attack -- Harassment from other students

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Keywords: "Jap"; bombing; brother; discrimination; FBI; football; football team; harassment; high school; Japanese American; military service; Pearl Harbor; President Roosevelt; principal

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22:21 - Restrictions on driving mileage / Pre-World War II Japanese American military service

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Keywords: 'evacuation"; Alaska; Armory; Assembly Center; Caucasian family; concentration camps; FBI; interpreter; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; military service; restrictions; Sacramento; United States Army; United States Government

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26:27 - Brother-in-law was shot by the police

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Keywords: "Japs"; brother-in-law; discrimination; foreman; France; Hattiesburg; Italy; Japanese Americans; policemen; President Roosevelt; restrictions; Salinas; sister; wartime

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