0:00 - Discussing prefecture of origin; and living conditions I

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Keywords: Hawaii; Nisei

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3:06 - Discussing parents

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Keywords: friendship; Issei; plantation

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5:28 - Discussing siblings; language spoke at home; and religion

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Japanese language school; Nisei

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8:16 - Discussing child rearing; religion; lessons from Japanese Language School; and neighborhood

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Keywords: adolescent; Buddhism; Issei parents; Nisei

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10:54 - Discussing school; and childhood activities

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Keywords: family; Nisei; sports

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14:09 - Discussing education; working on the farm; and December 7, 1941

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; plantation; war; World War Two

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17:15 - Discussing discrimination; and home guard

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei; race discrimination; racism; World War Two; WWII

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20:33 - Discussing treatment post-war; and signing up for services

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Keywords: enemy alien; interment camp; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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23:26 - Discussing being inducted to the military; and basic training

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei

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26:07 - Recalling Camp Shelby

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Keywords: basic training; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; living conditions

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28:01 - Recalling assignment; and leave

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Mainland soldiers; social activities

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31:32 - Discussing segregation; and advance training

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Keywords: "colored"; battle; Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; Nisei soldiers; race discrimination; war

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34:29 - Discussing rank; and difference between Mainland and Hawaiian boys

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Japanese American soldiers

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37:34 - Recalling corresponding home; and American Concentration Camps

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Keywords: 9066; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Executive Order 9066; family; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei

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40:13 - Discussing decision about joining the service; and feelings about going to war

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Keywords: basic training; family; Hawaiian identity; Hawaiian soldiers; interment camp; World War Two; WWII

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43:47 - Discussing going oversea

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; operation; war; World War Two; WWII

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46:29 - Recalling meals; entertainment; going to Africa; and duties

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; operation; war; World War Two; WWII

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48:49 - Recall going to Naples, Italy

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Keywords: battle; German soldiers; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; unit (military); war

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50:59 - Recalling Rome

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; battle; German soldiers; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; war

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54:23 - Discussing Italy and Rome

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Nisei; war

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