0:00 - Working in the Dai-Ichi Building

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Keywords: Dai-Ichi Building; Douglas MacArthur; head quarters; interpreter; rice distribution; translator

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1:53 - Experiences with Douglas MacArthur

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Keywords: Dai-Ichi Building; Douglas MacArthur; elevator; interprete; translate

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3:37 - Postwar Japan destruction

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Keywords: atomic bomb; destruction; Hiroshima; postwar Japan; starvation; Tokyo; war torn; Yokohama

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7:08 - Morale of the Japanese people

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Keywords: "Jap"; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese language; Japanese people; morale; response; spirit; surrender

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9:41 - Japanese communal baths

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Keywords: bath day; communal bath; culture shock; lifebuoy soap; modesty; outhouse

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12:50 - Translating the concept of democracy

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Keywords: atomic bomb; democracy; Hiroshima; interprete; Major Tilton; speeches; translate; women

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17:00 - Coming home to Minnesota

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Keywords: children; employment; family; Japan; Minnesota; overseas; wife

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19:09 - Making a life in Minnesota

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Keywords: California; college; cook; Guadalupe; home ownership; Minnesota; opportunity; poor

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21:38 - Employment after the war

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Keywords: chef; cooking; employment; hotel; Minnesota; work

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23:48 - Souvenirs from Japan and teaching English

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Keywords: English language; Japanese women; MIS; souvenirs; teaching

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25:31 - Advantages to living multiple places

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Keywords: children; family; home; incarceration camps; United States government; wife

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