0:00 - Grammar school examination for admittance to high school / Japanese occupational school system

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Keywords: mother; preparatory school; specialist schools; test; War in Manchuria

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3:54 - Witnessing Japan increasing its militarism in China / Resentment over having to bow to the Emperor

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Keywords: bowing; Emperor; Imperial Army; Manchuria; militarism

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8:00 - Reflecting back to his childhood in Japan, he felt unattached to Japanese society

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Keywords: freedom; grammar school; high school; restrictions; told how to act; told how to feel

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10:33 - Seeing the Japanese Emperor as a child / The Japanese society moving towards militarism

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Keywords: belonging to a group; ideology; loyalty; military influence; nationalism

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14:34 - Studying Kendo in high school

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Keywords: high school; Kendo; martial art; sport; swordsmanship

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15:51 - Borrowing money to get a ship ticket back to the United States / Dreams of becoming a foreign agent for the United States

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Keywords: ambassador; aunt; diplomat; draft; farming; foreign agent; ticket

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18:26 - Rising tensions in Europe / Personal knowledge of tensions between the Japanese and American governments

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Keywords: boycott; iron; newspaper; steel

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20:14 - The transition of returning to the United States after living in Japan

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Keywords: deferment; employment; father; higher education; selective service

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21:45 - Personal treatment as a Kibei by American Nisei / US Army treatment about loyalty to the United States

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Keywords: induction papers; Kibei; loyalty; loyalty questions; Nisei; selective service; US Army

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25:12 - How Pearl Harbor affected life in US Army

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Keywords: division; guard duty; railroad junction; tent; US Army; war

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