0:00 - Early work experiences/ Witnessing racist acts against Black coworkers

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Keywords: African Americans; Air Force; Alaska; ammunition; Anchorage; Bakersfield; base; Black Americans; California; college; construction; Elmendorph; Fort Richardson; high school; higher education; longshoreman; military; pears; picking; pine nuts; Port Rich; potatoes; prejudice; Seward; sheep; Tehachapi; wages; war

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5:36 - Pursuit of an education/ Mining silver and fence-building in Nevada

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Keywords: Alaska; Baker; cinnabar; engineering; Fairbanks; fence building; geology; hard; home; Las Vegas; mercury; mine; mining; pastures; rock; Searchlight; siblings; silver claim; university

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11:04 - Working in Alaska/ Memories of close friend, Amos Smith

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Keywords: Alaska; Arkansas; California; depression; jobs; minority; Oklahoma; Pasadena; recession; wage

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13:19 - Attack on Pearl Harbor and aftermath

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Keywords: air; army; barracks; brick layer; chimneys; concrete; construction; core; correspondence; family; Fort Rich; friends; Japanese; laundry; ports; radio; runways

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17:15 - Attack on Pearl Harbor and aftermath II/ Army induction/ Parent's forced removal and incarceration

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Keywords: assembly center; attack; Fort Richardson; Gila River; Heart Mountain; laundry; mother; Multiple Sclerosis; news; Pearl Harbor; Pomona; temporary detention center

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22:30 - Military Experience (basic training)

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Keywords: blankets; brothers; car; Eskimo; Fort Richardson; Fort Sheridan; freight; gondola; Illinois; induction; Japanese; Seattle; ship; sleeping bags; surroundings; Tehachapi; U.S.; uniform; World War I

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26:38 - Military experience (mechanic/motor pool training)

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Keywords: automobiles; Fort Richardson; Fort Sheridan; Nisei; quartermaster; trucks

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