0:00 - Wartime propaganda in pre-World War II Japan / Making of the Senninbari

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Keywords: good luck charm; Japanese soldiers; militarism; pre-war Japan; propaganda; psychological warfare; Senninbari; US oil embargo; wartime

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2:23 - Questioned by the Kempeitai (Japanese military police) while travelling through Korea

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Keywords: censorship; Japan; Jazz; jungle; Kempeitai; Korea; Manchuria; Military Police; New Guinea; Pacific Theater; passport; propaganda; radio broadcast; Seoul; soldiers; Tokyo Rose; Yalu River

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4:58 - Voyage back to the United States from Japan -- Started a Kendo school in San Jose

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Keywords: California; farm; FBI; Japan; journey; kendo; parents; San Jose; ship; students; United States

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6:45 - Childhood -- Denied access to San Francisco swimming pool

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Keywords: discrimination; naturalization; Nisei; San Francisco; swimming pool

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8:12 - Drafted into the army - Send off by the Japanese community / Basic infantry training at Fort Lewis

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Keywords: "Banzai"; 15th Infantry Division; American flag; anti-tank unit; basic training; cadre; China; drafted; farm; Fort Lewis; infantry; Japanese American community; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese flag; military draft; Military Police; MP; Nisei; Opium War; President Roosevelt; San Jose; Santa Clara; scout; ship depot

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11:18 - Recruited to the secret Presidio Language School in San Francisco / Growing need for Japanese linguists led to the creation of the Military Intelligence Service / Selected to teach at Camp Savage

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Keywords: "evacuation"; anti-tank unit; cadre; Camp Savage; captured documents; civilian; commission; Fort Lewis; General Dewitt; intelligence officer; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Japanese language school; Kibei; language school; linguist; marriage; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Minnesota; Nisei; Nisei linguists; Pearl Harbor; pre-World War II; Presidio of San Francisco; prisoners of war; pup tent; rattlesnake; Tokyo; translator

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19:38 - Day of Pearl Harbor attack -- Reported back to the Presidio Language School / Seeing battered US battleships enter into San Francisco Harbor

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Keywords: 1941; Aloha Tower; American battleships; bombing of Pearl Harbor; Chinatown; Crissy Field; December 7th; draft; gas station; Golden Gate Bridge; Hawaii; Honolulu; J-Town; Japan Town; Japanese Americans; Japanese language; language school; military service; Modesto; Pearl Harbor; Presidio of San Francisco; radio broadcast; reality of war; San Francisco; US Military

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