0:04 - Story about being irreverent during his time in the Army

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Keywords: Army; boy scout's handbook; Captain; champagne campaign; December; France; grove; gun; howitzer; Lieutenant; Nice

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4:14 - Advice to company commanders regarding cadets: don't give up on "smart alecks"

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Keywords: Asian Pacific Heritage Month; Berkeley; captain; company commanders; Edwin Ratcliffe; lieutenants,colonels; majors; military officer; OCS; officers; reunions; Schofield; West Virginia

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6:16 - Beginning of the war: Military activity in Waikiki

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Keywords: artillery; battleships; bunkers; chess; embargo; General Short; gun placement; high school; history; Japan; magazines; military presence; newspapers; sabotage; shore batteries; Waikiki

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9:27 - High School education

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Keywords: athlete; coach; intramural; Social activities; sports

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10:14 - Post High School: Attending University/Work Experience

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Keywords: carpenter; defense agency; high school; lab; shipyard; University of Hawaii

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11:08 - Prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Czechoslovakia; England; Europe; Germany; Japan; Lithuania; Poland

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12:01 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Japanese; Kaneohe Naval Base; model planes; Pearl Harbor; planes; St. Louis Heights; Wahiawa; Wheeler Airfield

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15:01 - After the Attack on Pearl Harbor: Family's reaction/ father's interrogation by military authorities

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Keywords: "Kibei"; American citizenship; ancestors; anti-Japanese; brother; dossier; dual citizenship; due process; family; father; Hawaii; high school principal; Ichiyama; incarcerated; Japanese Navy; military; ministers; muslim; priests

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21:35 - Brother's induction into the 100th Infantry Battalion and work history before the war

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Keywords: American citizen; brother; clearance; defense installation; draft; employment,contractors; Japan,100th; Kibei; Pearl Harbor, government; PT boats; shipyard; Varsity Victory Volunteers

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24:40 - Staying informed about the war/ Brothers in Japanese Navy and United States Army

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Keywords: 100th; Battle of the Coral Sea; brother; Coral Islands; father; Japanese Navy; Midway; Newspapers; Solomon Islands; son

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25:45 - Volunteering for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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Keywords: "Blackie" Ito; .45; 442nd; artillery; board; carbine; draft; forest; forward observer; Goro Matsumoto; Isamu Minatodani; Lost Battalion; M1; PT boats; shipwright carpenter; Volunteer

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