0:00 - Introduction

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Centra California; Mainland soldiers; rural communities

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1:15 - Discussing father's background

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Keywords: farming; Issei; labor camp; produce

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2:47 - Discussing mother's background

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Keywords: California; Issei; picture brides; Seattle; wedding; World War One

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5:10 - Describes mother's work

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Keywords: artist; child rearing; cooking; painting; sewing; washing

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8:32 - Discussing father's work

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Keywords: airplanes; Central Valley; farming; fishing; hunting; immigration; Riverside

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11:07 - Discussing origins of his interest in airplanes

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Keywords: aviation; childhood activities; father; toys

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13:17 - Discussing attending flight school

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Keywords: aviation; employment; higher education; Los Angeles; race discrimination

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15:39 - Discussing recollections of Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: airplane; aviation; flying; grounded

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17:06 - Discussing joining air corp

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Keywords: discrimination in the military; Japanese Americans; pilot; volunteer

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18:36 - Discussing assignment to the army

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Roberts; discrimination in the military; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; rifle

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20:59 - Describes journey to Camp Robinson

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; military travel; segregated unit; train

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23:52 - Discussing arrival at Camp Robinson

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Keywords: Arkansas; Chicago; company; Nisei soldiers; rifle

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25:20 - Describes rifle training

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Keywords: American soldiers; basic training; Chicago; farm; firearms; Nisei soldiers

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