0:00 - Introduction/family makeup & background
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Keywords: "nesei"; "yama"; 442nd; accountant; Air Force; Alaska; Anti-Alien Act; apples; architect; Army; Asian American; Asians; August; aunt; battles; beach; books; Brighton Beach; brother; business; California; cameraman; catalog; Chiba; Chicago; child; Christian; church; citizen; citizenship; citrus; cousin; David; degree; discharge; drafted; engineering; English; farm; father; fire; flier; food; Fort Ord; Fort Sheridan; Fort Snelling; France; friend; games; grapes; ground crew; high school; hot dogs; house; James Mitsumori; Japan; Japanese; John; Joseph; Katsumi; Kensington; Kikuchi; L.A. school district; language school; Lockheed; Long Beach; lunch; Mary; meals; mechanical engineer; Mike Makoto; Minneapolis; Monterrey; mother; mountain; Nagoro; neighbor; nephew; New York University; niece; November; nursery; overseas; parents; Pasadena; potato chips; province; Racael; relatives; retail; Robert; San Pedro; school; school teacher; scientist; siblings; sister; soldiers; sound; summer; Sunday; surname; sushi; Tajima; tent; Terminal Island; Tokyo; U.S.; Uchida; Uji; uncle; Union Church; United States; University of Michigan; University of Nebraska; village; volunteer; war; widow; wieners; William; World War I; World War II; WW1; WW2; Yamada; Yamanashi; [Setsuko ]; [Steven Wasserman]
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12:48 - Growing up in Pasadena, California and the segregated school system of the time
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Keywords: "bussing"; "millionaire's row"; African Americans; blacks; borders; case; Chicago; city school; Colorado Street; community; conflict; daughter; discriminatory; elementary school; ethnic makeup; four-year high school; gardeners; gate; Gavin; high school; home; homes; housekeepers; husband; integration; Jackie Robinson; Japanese; jobs; John Muir Technical School; judge; junior college; junior high; kids; La Canada; lawsuit; mansions; Manuel Real; McKinley; McKinley High; neighborhood; neighbors; neutral; New England; New York; North Orange Grove; Pasadena; Pasadena Junior College; private school; Prospect Boulevard; rubbage; school district; schools; segregated; Sierra Madre; sister; son-in-law; South Orange Grove; students; tech; town; Vernon; Vernon Avenue; Villa Avenue; Washington; Washington High; whites; winter
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21:23 - Speaking Japanese in the household and his mother's background
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Keywords: "issei"; agent; automotive; blacklist; Board of Directors; branch; British; brothers; Chiba; college; company; director; division; emperor; English; equipment; executive director; factory; family; father; firm; General Electric; Japan; Japanese; Japanese school; language; loyalty; M.I.T.; manager; Manchuria; mother; Nagasaki; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; Nissan; NYK Lines; Osaka; passenger; political; pro-Japanese; Russians; school; Shanghai; shipping; Stanford; Tokyo; truck; war; World War II; Yokohama
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25:28 - Childhood friends/Joe Hayashi
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Keywords: 100-yard dash; 50-yard dash; accountants; activities; advisors; attorney; broad jump; Broadway; business; cases; Caucasian; championship; CIF champ; civil; Class B; Class C; clients; college prep; court; courthouse; criminal; dad; dash; education; family; father; fight; football; friends; gardening; Hill; immigration; J.A.U; Japanese Athletic Union; Joe Hayashi; June; law; lawyer; legal; Little Tokyo; meets; Michigan; Muir Tech; overseas; Pasadena; probate; proceeding; race; Ray Smith; ship; socialize; sport; summer; team; Temple; track; University of Michigan; vacation; varsity; work
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