0:00 - Interview Introduction: Parents' emigration/ family history and occupations

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Keywords: barber; emigration; farming; gambling; grandfather; Hawaii; Honolulu; Japan; Kauai; Yamaguchi

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2:37 - Familial makeup

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Keywords: "Gichan"; "Issei"; 100th; Baltimore; boys; brother; brothers; children; girls; Haole; Japan; parents; sister; sisters

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4:00 - Recalling childhood lessons of integrity and honesty

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Keywords: barber; character; father; Great Depression; honesty; integrity; parents; respect; street car

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9:11 - Growing up in a Japanese household: family customs

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Keywords: "Americanization"; "Nisei"; "Omamori"; adornment; Christmas; decor; emperor; Japanese American; language; mother; Pigeon; religion; Thanksgiving

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11:28 - Spending time in his father's barbershop

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Keywords: "shogi"; adolescent; barbershop; chess; gathering; social

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13:02 - Early education: Reading as a hobby/ History and war titles

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Keywords: American Civil War; books; education; history; hobby; Joseph Altsheler; landscape; library; reading; Revolutionary War; trees

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14:46 - Reading Joseph Altsheler/ Influences on views/ideas of war as a young adult

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Keywords: American Civil War; Gettysburg; history; Vicksburg Campaign; war

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16:23 - Childhood/Adolescence: games, hobbies, anti-Japanese views

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Keywords: "koseki tohon"; American citizen; anti-Japanese; baseball; basketball; butterflies; duel citizenship; football; Hawaii; hiking; Japan; Japanese; Japanese citizenship; Mexico; Peru; Waikiki

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19:12 - Primary education and Japanese language school

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Keywords: English school; Hawaii; Japanese citizenship; Japanese minister; Japanese school

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20:21 - Volunteering for the 442nd Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: 100th Infantry; 442nd; father; Japanese Navy; Schofield; sons; volunteers

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22:08 - High School: Less influencial educators/ being "irrevernt" and "uninterested"

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Keywords: "Gichan"; "Haole"; "Issei"; Baltimore; brothers; high school; Japan; sisters; teachers

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23:01 - Work experience and social life as a teenager

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Keywords: Army; civilian; dances; dating; girlfriend; jobs; pineapple cannery; social

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26:13 - Literary and historical influences of "anti-Japanese" views

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Keywords: "haole"; America; American; anti-Japanese; Axis forces; bombs; Europe; Germany; Hawaii; Japan; Japanese Manchuria; military; movies; suicide; tripartite

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