0:00 - Introduction / Family background / Early school years

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Keywords: brother; elementary school; English; farm; father; teacher

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6:21 - Growing up in a household without a mother

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Keywords: brother; friendship; guidance; marriage; mentors; mother in law; sister

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7:43 - The family's truck farm

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Keywords: farming; father; horse; land; lease; truck

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9:16 - Childhood activities / Relationship with neighbors

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Keywords: bicycling; fishing; hiking; neighbors; school; teacher

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11:43 - Family was too poor to take part in school activities that required tuition

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Keywords: Japanese language school; judo; kendo

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13:11 - High school experiences and activities

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Keywords: auto shop; friendship; high school; mentor; neighbors; track

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16:11 - Hearing about the Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: neighbor; newspaper; Pearl Harbor; radio

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18:50 - The reactions at school and in the community to the Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: friends; Japanese Americans; newspapers; propaganda; racism; radio; subversives; supportive

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20:31 - Learning about the five mile restriction for school activities

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Keywords: high school; newspapers; radio; rationalizations; unfair

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22:07 - Blackouts and the atmosphere of fear within the communities on the West Coast

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Keywords: blackouts; farms; fear; rumors; submarines

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24:01 - Seeing anti-aircraft fire in the night skies after Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: anti aircraft artillery; installations; tracers

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24:46 - How his elementary teacher became an influential person in his life

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Keywords: dishes; evacuation; gas rationing; Gila River; kimono; newspaper; supplies; teacher

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