Paul Matsumoto oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 27, 2006

0:00 - Family and background- growing up in Honolulu, Hawaii

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Keywords: birthday; Kaka'ako; Pearl Harbor

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3:01 - Family and background II - parents and grandparents

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Keywords: Helen Kiku Fujimoto; Sakuma Camp; Shigero Matsumoto; Yamaguchi

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5:12 - Family and background III- siblings, schooling

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Keywords: carpenter; Farrington High School; Haole; King David Kalakaua Middle School; Likelike Elementary School

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8:03 - Family and background IV- mother and stepfather

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Keywords: Nisei; parents; personality

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10:40 - Family and background V- marriage, childhood house

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Keywords: Hawaii; Kiyoko Horiyo; Nisei

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12:32 - Childhood home

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Keywords: futon; Nisei; Sakamo Camp

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15:13 - Childhood home II- discussing the structure of the facility, Buddhism

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Keywords: family; student

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16:23 - Discussion on Buddhism, Japanese language school

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Keywords: education; english school; strict; student

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19:03 - Childhood home III- Sakuma camp, holidays

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Keywords: 4th of July; housing; namasu; New Years; sushi

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21:51 - Family and background VI- discussing stepfather and mothers work, step-siblings

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Keywords: carpenter; Hawaii

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24:31 - Family and background VII- stepsister, school during the war

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Keywords: an-chan; Army; Fort Armstrong; Pearl Habor

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27:11 - Growing up in Honolulu- friends

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Keywords: Aidi Hashimoto; fishing; football; Kokohead; Makapu'u; volunteers; Yutaka Fukuoka

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30:17 - Pearl Harbor and aftermath

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Keywords: birthday; Hawaii; Japanese plane

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33:14 - Aftermath from Pearl Harbor II

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Keywords: deportation; Hawaii

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35:18 - Volunteering for the Army

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Keywords: discrimination; March 1943; military instillations; restricted badge; United States Engineering Department

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37:32 - Discussion on self image, United States Engineering Department

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Keywords: black badge; carpenter; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; volunteer

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39:56 - Reporting to Schofield Army Installation

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; loyalty; uniform; volunteers; ʻIolani Palace

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42:27 - Reporting to Schofield Army Installation II

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Keywords: duffel bag; parents; Sansei; Schofield Barracks

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44:52 - Shipping out to the Mainland

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Keywords: gamble; Hawaii; luxury ship; San Francisco; zig zag pattern

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47:22 - Train ride to Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Keywords: blacked out windows; L Company; olive drab

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49:14 - Army training

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Afrika Korps; basic training; Florida; German soldiers; L Company; Prisoners of War

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50:58 - Go For Broke song

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Keywords: Afrikan Korps; German soldiers; L Company; Martin Ida

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51:42 - Guarding the Afrika Korps, discrimination in the South

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Keywords: "Buddha heads"; "katonk"; American concentration camps; fights

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53:56 - Discussing terminologies and where they came from

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Keywords: Buddha heads; Haole; Hawaiian soldiers; katonk; Mainland soldiers

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56:40 - Japanese population in Hawaii

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Keywords: economy; Haole; Japanese Americans

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