0:00 - Introduction; birth and early years

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Keywords: birth certificate; Hawaii; Issei parents; midwife

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3:24 - Describes living on outskirts of Honolulu; Kaimuki

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Keywords: childhood; living conditions; rural communities

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5:59 - Describes cooking on a fudo in childhood

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Keywords: food; living conditions; rural communities

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8:22 - Describes family background; widowed mother

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Keywords: grandmother; husband; Issei parents; Japan; siblings

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11:55 - Discussing his surname and older siblings

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Keywords: family; grandmother; Issei parents; Japan; siblings

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13:41 - Discussing his siblings

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Keywords: domestic worker; Hawaii; Japan; sponsor

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16:22 - Describes his father

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Keywords: husband; Issei; Japanese language; social activities

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18:05 - Describes his youth; farming and livestock

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Keywords: chickens; ducks; food preparation; planting; vegetables

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20:37 - Describes his father II

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Keywords: alcohol; gamble; Hiroshima; illiterate; Issei; sake

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24:39 - Describes family dog; Rex

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Keywords: childhood; food; pet

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25:38 - Describes his mother

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Keywords: children; Hiroshima; Issei; widow

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27:27 - Discussing his youth activities; cub scouts

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Keywords: childhood activities; living conditions; social activities

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29:54 - Discussing his youth II; other activities

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Keywords: Buddhism; childhood activities; scouting; sports

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32:54 - Discussing Japanese school

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Keywords: Issei parents; Japanese culture; Japanese identity and values; language

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35:19 - Discussing his education; elementary school

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Keywords: primary school; public school; walking

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37:59 - Discussing high school; McKinley High

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Keywords: courses; Hawaii; teachers

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41:05 - Early adulthood; after high school

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Keywords: business school; cannery; employment; night school

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44:36 - Discussing Pearl Harbor attack recollections

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Keywords: cargo; employment; longshoreman; ship

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48:16 - Discussing Pearl Harbor aftermath

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japan; Japanese identity and values; politics

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50:28 - Discussing discrimination in Hawaii

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Keywords: Chinese; Japanese Americans; Portuguese; relatives

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52:55 - Discussing social scene circa 1940; Hawaii

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Keywords: alcohol; bar scene; social activities

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54:57 - Discussing parents visiting Japan before Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: grandmother; Issei; Japan; property

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