Toma Tasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 2, June 24, 2007

0:00 - Introduction; parents' backgrounds

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Keywords: daughter; Hawaii; Hiroshima; Issei parents; siblings

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3:56 - Discussing early education

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Keywords: Hana; mathematics; Maui; primary school

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5:56 - Discussing childhood friends and Japanese school

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Keywords: childhood activities; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Japanese language school; Kanji; swimming

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8:50 - Discussing sports as child

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Keywords: baseball; basketball; football

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10:03 - Discussing food prepared at childhood home

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Keywords: fishing; garden; Japanese cuisine; meat; mother; rice; vegetable

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14:32 - Describes working on Hawaiian plantation

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Keywords: bees; centipedes; insects; plantation; sugar cane

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19:28 - Describes parents

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Keywords: cigarettes; community organizations; Issei parents; sake; silent

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23:18 - Discussing childhood house

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Keywords: futon; Hawaii; Japanese furnishings; living conditions

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27:18 - Discussing relatives in Japan

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Keywords: Issei parents; Japanese identity and values; separation

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28:09 - Discussing high school

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Keywords: higher education; Honolulu; Issei parents; McKinley

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30:58 - Discussing high school teachers and friends

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Keywords: baseball; basketball; English; Japanese Americans; mathematics; sports

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32:55 - Discussing attending the University of Hawaii

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Keywords: employment; engineering; higher education; mentor; mother; plantation; siblings

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35:33 - Discussing work after college

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Keywords: Hilo; intermediate school; mathematics; Mauna Kea; mountain; teacher

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39:45 - Describes plantation schools

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Keywords: education; Hawaii; intermediate school; primary school; sugar cane

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41:42 - Discussing coursework in teaching

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Keywords: drawing; engineering; mathematics; World War Two

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45:26 - Discussing Boy Scout participation

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Keywords: community organizations; Hilo; leader

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47:08 - Discussing Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: blackouts in war; Hilo; imperialism; politics

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50:33 - Discussing past romantic relationships

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Keywords: Chinese; dating; higher education

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51:32 - Discussing Pearl Harbor aftermath; motivation to enlist

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Keywords: casualty; military; Nisei soldiers; volunteer

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53:51 - Discussing former Boy Scouts in the war

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); casualty; Nisei soldiers

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55:09 - Discussing enlistment in military

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Keywords: basic training; induction; Japanese American soldiers; Schofield Barracks

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