0:00 - Discussing prefecture origin; name; wife; and children

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 522nd; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; children; Japanese Americans

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2:51 - Discussing siblings; parents; and relatives in Japan

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Keywords: employment; family; farming; Issei parents; Nisei

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6:08 - Discussing Father

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Keywords: draft; Issei; Issei parents

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9:18 - Discussing child rearing; and school

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Keywords: Alien land laws; education; friendship; high school; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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12:19 - Discussing Japanese Language School; and teacher

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Keywords: education; Issei parents; Nisei

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15:23 - Recalling childhood activities; pet; and church

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Keywords: adolescent; Japanese identity and values; Nisei; sports

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17:31 - Discussing after high school; and December 7

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Assembly Centers; farm; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Pearl Harbor; Portland; war

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20:03 - Recalling assembly center; and family property

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Idaho; Issei; Japanese Americans; Minidoka; Nisei; Portland; war

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23:03 - Recalling Minidoka

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Keywords: 9066; barracks; Executive Order 9066; farm; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; interment camp; Japanese Americans

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26:08 - Discussing food in camp; enlisted in work; and military service

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Keywords: draft; employment; family; farm; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war; World War Two; WWII

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29:24 - Discussing basic training; and overseas

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; France; German soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; rifle; war

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31:56 - Discussing Lost Battalion; and traveling to Italy

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; France; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei

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33:53 - Discussing combat; and post-war

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Keywords: artillery fire; casualty; Fort Snelling; foxhole; German soldiers; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; war

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35:56 - Recalling infantry duty; and food ration

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Keywords: artillery fire; battle; combat; Japanese American soldiers; military equipment; rifle; war

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39:19 - Discussing wartime experience; and hearing the war ended

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery fire; battle; combat; correspondence; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; VJ DAy; war

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42:10 - Discussing Milan, Italy; Fort Snelling; and rifleman

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Keywords: basic training; combat; discharge; Japanese Americans; post-war; war

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44:54 - Discussing military ribbons; Frank Sinatra; and Salt Lake City

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; discharge; family; homecoming; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei veterans

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48:08 - Discussing employment; and meeting wife

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Keywords: dating; Japanese Americans; Nisei veterans; post-war

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