0:00 - Discuss working in sugar mill; Pearl Harbor attack; and draft system

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Keywords: employment; Hawaii; high school; Japan; Sansei; war; World War Two

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3:26 - Discussing friends being draft; and reaction to volunteering

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Hawaii; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; Schofield Barracks; war; World War Two

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6:07 - Discussing best friend; draft; volunteer in Paia

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; war; World War Two

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9:04 - Discuss volunteering with friends; Honolulu; and Mainland

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; Schofield Barracks; war; World War Two

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12:07 - Discussing parents' reaction; get together; trip to the Mainland

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Keywords: family; friendship; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; shame; siblings

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14:42 - Recall going to Mississippi; Camp Shelby; and Mainland boys

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Lieutenant; Mainland; war

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18:01 - Discussing leave; discrimination; locals; and Arkansas

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Keywords: "katonk"; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; basic training; Hawaiian soldiers; interment camp; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; travel; war

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22:16 - Recall going to Arkansas; and reaction

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; community leaders; discriination; Executive Order 9066; interment camp; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; living conditions; relocation centers; war; World War Two

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25:39 - Recalling heavy weapons company; and description of machine gun

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; mainland; rifle; war

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