0:33 - Introduction -- Father died in camp from tuberculosis / Mother was a Nisei from Hilo, Hawaii

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Keywords: Big Island; cook; evacuation; Hiroshima; Japan; Kumamoto; plantation workers; Seattle

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3:47 - Siblings -- Eldest son among seven children / Growing up in Seattle, Washington

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Keywords: grade school; high school; Japanese American community; Minot; Montana; North Dakota; Whitefish

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6:08 - Moved back to Seattle from Minot, North Dakota / Easy communication within the family

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Keywords: English language; housewife; mother; Nisei; prohibition; restaurant

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8:00 - Mother raised the family after father got sick / Going to school in Whitefish, Montana / Swam in the lake during the summer

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Keywords: Caucasian friends; childhood activities; high school; Japanese Americans; Japanese values; traditional Japanese ideals

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10:54 - Childhood in Seattle -- Helped out at family restaurant / Attended Broadway High School

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Keywords: father; mother; sanitarium; waitress

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12:32 - December 7, 1941 -- Heard announcement at the movie theater

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Keywords: announcement; Pearl Harbor; radio broadcast; school

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14:32 - Forced removal into Puyallup Assembly Center

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Keywords: barracks; Executive Order 9066; family; Japanese American community; living conditions; mattress cover; possessions; Seattle

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18:15 - Arrival at Minidoka Relocation Center -- Living conditions in the barracks

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Keywords: assembly center; blocks; coal stove; Idaho; mess hall; tar paper; train

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21:06 - Life inside of Minidoka -- Morale among internees / Educational system / Eating at the Mess Hall

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Keywords: Caucasians; education; food; high school; Nisei; social activities; teachers; teenagers

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26:20 - Eventually allowed to leave camp to work on local farms / News of Nisei soldiers fighting in 100th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: barbed wire fence; Japanese American soldiers; Minidoka; pre-war military service; Salt Lake City; watch towers

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