0:00 - Discussing changes in the local town

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3:36 - Discussing a popular store that closed; and difference between mainland supermarket

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4:50 - Discussing Kahului; and Wailuku past; and present

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Keywords: Hawaii; Nisei

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7:03 - Discussing community activities; specific Wailuku festivals; Obon; and religion

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Keywords: Buddhism; community organizations; Hawaii; Japanese Americans

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9:56 - Discussing children involvement in community organizations; development of the Japanese Nisei Veterans Memorial Center; and meaning

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Japanese Americans; Sansei; Yonsei

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11:56 - Discuss recommending to other Nisei Veterans to make an oral history

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Keywords: Japanese Americans

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14:05 - Sharing life experience for the future generation

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16:32 - Discussing the contribution the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) had on the war; impact on Okinawa rebuilding; and life values

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Keywords: Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei veterans; World War Two; WWII

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19:47 - Discussing Father's origin; Father's business; Father's education; Mother's name; and Mother's family

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Keywords: employment; high school; Nisei

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22:29 - Discussing Mother's personality; Mother's employment; what did they eat at home; and what responsibilities/chores did he have being the oldest child

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Keywords: family; Nisei; siblings

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24:57 - Discuss moving around; difficulties at school; favorite place lived; and Japanese School

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Keywords: adolescent; high school

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28:30 - Recalling what was learned at Japanese School;and the story how Kamikaze started

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Keywords: adolescent; battle; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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30:19 - Discussing values learned at Japanese School; public school; and role model

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Keywords: friendship; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values

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33:32 - Discussing music; favorite songs; types of music listened to during the war; and dancing

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35:51 - Discuss going to dances; playing sports; martial arts; and physical activities during adolescent time help to build stamina

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei

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38:16 - Discussing food from the wild; sugar cane; and Rose apple

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40:31 - Discuss superstitious things taught by Mother

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43:52 - Discussing his wife; her family history; sumo wrestling; reaction to Pearl Harbor bombing

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japanese Americans; war

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47:58 - Discussing prewar feelings; and experience; different modes of transportation; and Okinawa graveyard story

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51:15 - Recalling seeing Kamikaze plane; surviving pilot; and typhoon experience

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Keywords: battle; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war; World War Two; WWII

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53:57 - Describing and viewing photographs; recalling army rank; and army serial number

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; Okinawa; post-war; troop

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