0:41 - Introduction -- Father volunteered to fight in World War I for the United States / Father from Kagoshima, Japan
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1:54 - Visiting the Tokiwa clan in Japan
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6:09 - Childhood -- Travelling through Manchuria and Korea
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Keywords: brother-in-law; China; husband; international relations; Japan; Japanese Army; Japanese government; Japanese language school; Japanese railroad; Japanese school; Korea; Manchuria; railroads; Russia; sister; travelling; United States; World War II; World War Two
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11:29 - Pre-World War II -- Tensions arose between the United States and Japan
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15:02 - Japanese farmers unable to own land in the United States
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20:15 - Inducted into the United States Army at age 17
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23:11 - Father's reaction to his decision to volunteer for the US Army / Working as a cook at Poston concentration camp
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Keywords: Alaska; American citizen; American citizenship; Arizona; concentration camps; cook; father; grammar school; houseboy; Japanese Americans; Japanese farmers; Los Angeles; Nevada; Poston; President Roosevelt; Spokane; volunteer for service; World War I; World War II
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28:34 - Father's advice for infantry combat
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