0:00 - Relocation and bus ride to Manzanar Concentration Camp

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Keywords: bus; California; camp; clothing; family; forced removal; incarcerated; Independence; Lone Pine; Manzanar; mother; pinochle; relocation; toiletries

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2:39 - Arriving at Manzanar / Camp and barracks conditions

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Keywords: barracks; bed; bus; cold; dust; family; stove; West Los Angeles; wind

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4:28 - Siblings' feelings about the camp / Camp procedures

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Keywords: basin; bathroom; brother; family; food; friends; grammar school; mess hall; privacy; Sawtelle; shower; sister

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6:50 - Typical day at Manzanar / Working in Welfare Department

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Keywords: administration office; employment; executive salary; Japanese language; wage; welfare; welfare department; work

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8:32 - Receiving translator position with the War Relocation Authority

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Keywords: headquarters; interpreter; Japanese language; job; War Relocation Authority; Washington D.C.

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10:46 - Encounter with woman on train in Chicago-- disbelief of incarceration experience

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Keywords: America; Chicago; concentration camp; conversation; friend; Japanese; Japanese American; nationality; story; train; Washington D.C.

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11:49 - Leaving Manzanar for work / Arriving in Washington D.C.

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Keywords: American; Asian; camp; captain; Chicago; colonel; east; faith; family; general; Manzanar; relocation; relocation office; rent; school; soldiers; War Department; Washington D.C.; work

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14:19 - Duties in Washington D.C.

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Keywords: Chicago; Cleveland; director; draft; duties; internment camp; Japanese language; magazine; New Jersey; notice; office; pictures; work

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15:46 - Drafted into the Army / Serving in Japanese language program

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Keywords: army; director; Japanese language; naval captain; navy; Oklahoma; University of Chicago; University of Colorado

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17:46 - Induction into Army Reserves / Reporting to Chicago

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Keywords: active reserve; Fort Myer; induction; officers; private; psychological evaluation; racism; rank; teacher; Virginia

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19:42 - Return to Manzanar to say goodbye to parents

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Keywords: army; Army Reserve; basic training; Camp Savage; Fort Myer; Idaho; induction; Manzanar; Military Intelligence Service (MIS); parents; teaching; trip; University of Chicago; Washington D.C.

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21:33 - Transfer to Northwestern University / Basic training

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Keywords: active duty; active reserves; basic training; Chicago; civilians; classism; Fort Leonard Wood; Japanese teachers; Missouri; Northwestern University; poverty; program; St. Louis; transfer; University of Chicago

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23:23 - Teaching at Fort Snelling

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Keywords: Fort Snelling; General Tomoyuki Yamashita; instructor; interpreter; Manila, Philippines; private; promotion; school; staff sergeant; teaching; trial; war; war crimes

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24:20 - Reaction to the end of the war / Dropping of atomic bomb

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Keywords: atomic bomb; Fort Snelling; invasion; Japanese surrender; Kyushu; Manchuria; Okinawa; President Harry S. Truman; Russia; Russian soldiers; staff; surrender; war; war declaration

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26:45 - Concern for Japanese relatives / Family released from Manzanar

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Keywords: countryside; family; home; invasion; Japan; Kyushu; Manzanar; territory; Tokyo Bay

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