0:00 - Introductory statements and father's work on the Union Pacific Railroad

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Keywords: gambling; Hiroshima; Issei parents; Japan; restaurant; vegetable farming; wages

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3:58 - Father's personality

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Keywords: caucasians; fatherhood; Issei parents; Japan; work ethic

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5:31 - Description of his mother and relationship with his father

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Keywords: domestic; economic; hardship; Hiroshima; honesty; Japan; postcard bride; schoolteacher

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8:14 - Older siblings and truck gardening as a family

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Keywords: brothers; economic; family; hand-me-downs; hard work; sisters

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11:32 - Languages spoken and observing Japanese customs

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Keywords: caucasians; English; holidays; Issei parents; Japanese language school; marketplace; mochi; New Year's

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13:53 - Describing New Year's and visiting neighbors

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Keywords: Caldwell; card games; customs; Issei; New Year's; vegetables

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16:42 - Childhood home and property,accommodating visitors, and Japanese cuisine

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Keywords: food; horses; rented land; shared bedrooms; truck farming

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18:44 - Other families in Caldwell, Idaho and effects of Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: African Americans; Caucasians; draft; friendship; resentment

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23:05 - Pheasant and duck hunting with his friend and playing sports

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Keywords: baseball; basketball; football; game; German pointer; hunting dogs; shotguns

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27:07 - Celebrating (Emperor's Birthday) Tenchōsetsu until about 1938

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Keywords: customs; Issei parents; tensions with Japan; traditions

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