0:00 - Birthplace, parents backstories, fathers business, and mothers family

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Keywords: California; Japanese Navy; Mainland; manufacturing; tofu

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3:00 - Mothers family II, fathers immigration, Japanese identity, and fathers family

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Keywords: Calligraphy; cultural heritage; gun boat; Japan; Japanese Navy

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6:00 - Fathers family II, mothers family III, names, and siblings

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Keywords: California; cultural heritage; Japan; miscarriage; temple

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9:00 - Childhood during the Great Depression and primary school

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Keywords: Clothes; shoes; teacher; tofu; Wrigley

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12:00 - Primary school II, sports, and chores

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Keywords: Football; garden; machine; nursery; teacher

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15:00 - Chores II, sports II, and demographics of Wrigley neighborhood

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Keywords: African Americans; football; Japanese Americans; jersey; segregation

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18:00 - Demographics of Wrigley neighborhood II, favorite radio programs, and encounters with famous people

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Keywords: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; grocery store; Japanese Americans; jeans; newspaper

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21:00 - Encounters with famous people II, Boy Scouts, and practice with guns

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Keywords: Chores; merit badges; rabbits; rifle; shotgun

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24:00 - Practice with guns II, Japanese language school, family farm, and the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath

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Keywords: Grapes; high school; primary school; teacher; writing

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27:00 - The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath II and martial arts training

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Keywords: Discrimination; Earl Warren; Japan; Model A; school bus

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30:00 - Martial arts training II and experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: art; bamboo; curfew; Japanese Americans

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33:00 - Experiences with discrimination II and oral history

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Keywords: Curfew; Fresno; friendship; medal; platoon

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36:00 - Oral history II and forced removal

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Keywords: Assembly Centers; discrimination; family; luggage; river

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39:00 - Forced removal II and Gila Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Discrimination; family; FBI; living conditions; train

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42:00 - Gila Concentration Camp II, employment in camp, and first time meeting wife

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Keywords: Barracks; camouflage nets; discrimination; living conditions; talent show

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45:00 - First time meeting wife II and enlistment

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; cadre; family; Hawaiian soldiers; interrogate

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48:00 - Enlistment and induction

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Keywords: Family; Fort Douglas; Japanese Americans; riot; serial number

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51:00 - Induction II, furlough, and Camp Shelby

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Keywords: Basic training; Chicago; clothes; salute; wages

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54:00 - Camp Shelby II, induction II, and journey to Mississippi

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Keywords: Arizona; bus; Fort Douglas; Grand Canyon; Salt Lake City

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57:00 - Journey to Mississippi II

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; Chicago; Hattiesburg; Japanese American soldiers; train

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