0:00 - Brief introduction and description of childhood

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Keywords: Boise; business; carpenter; father; Idaho; Issei; prohibition; Seattle; tools

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3:39 - Ethnic makeup of Seattle, Washington

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Keywords: carpenter; Caucasian; Chinese; discrimination; grammar school; Nisei; race relations

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7:42 - Growing up in a Japanese home

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Keywords: English; father; fishing; Japanese identity and values

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9:46 - Japanese language school

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Keywords: education; Japanese language school; Kanji; reading

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10:52 - Learning about Japan from parents

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Keywords: father; Hiroshima; history; Issei parents; Japan; mother

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12:58 - Childhood activities

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Keywords: childhood activities; fishing; friends; radios; sports

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14:17 - Elementary school experience

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Keywords: Caucasian; childhood hereos; elementary school; Japanese Americans; Jewish

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15:55 - High school and the University of Washington

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Keywords: education; engineering; high school; Seattle; sisters

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18:56 - Dreams and ambitions and feelings towards Japan

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Keywords: dual citizenship; Great Depression; job; loyalty; pre-war; travel

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21:21 - Joining the army and parents' opinion towards his decision

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Keywords: Alaska; allegiance; Army Air Corps; draft; Fort Lewis; Issei parents; pre-war

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26:13 - Basic training

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Keywords: Army Air Corps; Keesler Air Force Base; Mississippi

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