0:00 - Playing sports at Schofield Barracks and gaining notoriety as an athlete among the 442nd/Working with the 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion

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Keywords: 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; baseball; basic training; basketball; draft; entertainment; Europe; Farrington; football; Most Valuable Player; Schofield Barracks

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3:49 - Japanese baseball players imitating his playing style/Teaching Japanese players his style

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Keywords: aggressive; baseball; body contact; breaking double plays; Chunichi Dragons; football; Ham Fighters; Japanese baseball players; Nankai Hawks; playing style; sandbag; slide; sports; teaching; Tokyo Giants; upper body

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7:05 - Difference in coaching Japanese players versus Japanese American players

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Keywords: athletes; baseball; baseball players; grass; Japan; listen; practice; rain; sliding; uniform

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8:52 - Relationship between Japanese players and their coaches

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Keywords: baseball; Bill Walton; coach; coaching; father figure; Japanese players; John Wooden; manager; respect

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10:45 - His foundation and the annual charity golf tournament/How his foundation helps kids

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Keywords: annual; charity; children; coaches; foundation; golf tournament; Hawaii; high school; speeches

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14:35 - Seeing Hawaii change since his childhood/Helping the kids of Hawaii through sports and his foundation

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Keywords: American Legion; baseball clinic; changes; children; golf tournament; Hawaii; Hawaii Winter League; professional baseball; sports; stadium; television

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16:57 - His daughter's leukemia leading him to donate to that cause/Seeing his daughter go through leukemia and beating it

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Keywords: cancer; charity; daughter; foundation; hospital; leukemia; marijuana; New York; pain medicine; patient; research; Sloan-Kettering; UCLA

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20:32 - Getting together as a family during the year

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Keywords: Christmas; family; Hawaii; holidays; Honolulu; Los Angeles; New Year's Eve; party; reuniting; summer

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21:36 - An average day for him/Treating his prostate cancer

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Keywords: baseball; daily life; exercise; food; Hawaii; health club; in shape; interview; Japan; mass; prostate cancer; radiation; retirement; routine; Torrance; treatment; UCLA; walking

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24:29 - Staying in touch with his Hawaiian friends/What he and his friends reminisce about

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Keywords: 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion; baseball; fishing; football; friendship; Hawaii; Hawaiian Winter League; insurance; judge; lawyer; old days; real estate; University of Hawaii

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27:12 - Message to future generations about the legacy of his generation

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Keywords: children; future; generations; Go For Broke; hard work; legacy; past; sports

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