Partial Transcript: Dan discusses his thoughts on the atomic bomb in Japan. It is unfortunate, civilians are killed and that type of weapon has to be used. However, the bombing probably ends the war faster. When the war ends, Dan returns to the United States on a ship. Dan's parents are in Westerville, Ohio. Dan's parents decide they want to do truck farming. Dan uses his Army saving to buy a used truck. Then one of their family friends suggests they go to Chicago, Illinois.

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Keywords: farm; farming; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: The truck Dan buys for the truck farming does not work. He sells the truck at a lower price. Dan's friends suggest Dan and his parents move to Chicago, Illinois. Dan and his parents agree. Before going to Gila River, Dan's parents store all their possessions in storage. However, the storage unit catches on fire, and they lose everything. Dan and his parents have to start over again. Dan stays in Chicago in the summer and returns to California. Dan's parents stay in Chicago for several years before turning back to California. When they return to California, they live with Warren in San Jose.

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Keywords: Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; siblings; travel

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Partial Transcript: Dan is discharged in the fall of 1946. Dan services in the Army for twenty-six months. Post-war, Dan goes back to Berkeley to get his master's degree in food science for wine fermentation. Dan does not remember the exact title of his master thesis, but it is something like "Certain Components or Constituents of Wine Fermentation." Dan has several careers after he gets his master's degree. The first one is the Unites States Army Quartermaster Corps as a subsistence Inspector. Dan works at an apple dehydration plant. The second job is a jam and jelly plant but that does not work out.

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Keywords: employment; higher education; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Dan works at Boeing Airplane Company taking x-rays. The Boeing Airplane Company has a Bomarc Guided Missile system and Dan's duty is to take x-rays of the Bomarc Guided Missiles. After leaving Boeing, Dan works at the Safeway store in San Francisco as a chemist in the bakery division. The bread making division at Safeway then moves to San Jose. Dan could not sell their home to relocate. Therefore, Dan gives up the position at Safeway. Dan then works as a technician for a year at the University of California. Following that job, Dan works at the State Department of Health Services over twenty years as a industrial hygiene chemist until he retires.

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Keywords: employment; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans

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Partial Transcript: Post-war, Dan getting married. Dan's wife is Elsie Yoshie. His student at the University of California sets him and Eloise on a blind date. Elise is a registered dietitian and works at Alameda Hospital for several years. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Elsie goes to Heart Mountain for a few months. She leaves camp to go to attend the University of Wyoming and then to the University of Utah. After graduating, Elsie works at Alameda Hospital. Dan and Elsie have one son name William.

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Keywords: dating; employment; family; Heart Mountain; higher education; post-war; Sansei; wedding

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Partial Transcript: Dan discusses oral histories. He has not done an oral history before this one. Informally people have to ask Dan about his military service and he shares his war experiences with them. Dan feels after his military career there is no difference in the discrimination he faces. He thinks there is less discrimination now. Dan does not travel much. Therefore he has not visited any memorial sites for World War Two.

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Keywords: 442nd; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; racism; travel

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Partial Transcript: Dan sees two different programs on the 442nd and the 100th battalion. However, he does not see the Ken Burns documentary. Dan discusses military careers for future generations. He recommends going to college and getting a higher education. War is a hopeless situation. Go to school and make something of yourself.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; education; Japanese Americans; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans

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Partial Transcript: Last week the Blue Angels are flying in the Bay Area. Dan does not get a chance to see them. Dan discusses his friend who is a No-No boy. They both go to Cal and they are in World War Two together. Dan recalls his friend being depressed. Later, Dan discovers his friend is depressed because he answers No-No and is sent to Leavenworth's Prison in Kansas.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Dan discusses his No-No friend. His friend is upset about World War Two and camp. It is not fair how Japanese Americans are treated. The Italian and Germans are not placed in a camp. The Japanese Americans are American citizens and they are deprived of their due process. However, Dan still feels that the right answer is Yes-Yes on the questionnaire. Dan's No-No friend is not in the same camp as him. Dan knows him when they both attend Cal. It is later Dan finds out about his feelings. Dan says we live in one of the greatest countries in the world. When people suggest you should join the Military, the Military will not accomplish anything. In Dan's opinion go to college and make the best of yourself.

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; education; Executive Order 9066; friendship; Gila River; higher education; interment camp; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Dan says his parents support him to answer Yes-Yes on the questionnaire. Dan's friends who answer No-yes did not go through the same hardship as Dan. In Gila River, Dan works for William J. Furuta, a bacteriologist. Later William J. Furuta becomes an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Medical School and passes away early. Both William J. Furuta and Dan's mother tell him to answer Yes-Yes. Dan does not regret his answers to the questionnaire.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; friendship; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: Dan discusses camp. For those in Suisun who answer No-Yes, they left camp and return to camp. Then these people become farmers. Dan feels that since they are in relocation camp and have a chance to resettle or relocate or go to college. You have an opportunity to do something more with yourself but some people miss out on the opportunity to experience how great the United States is.

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Keywords: 442nd; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans

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Partial Transcript: Dan recalls the questionnaire. When they are given the questionnaire in camp, you can have a day or two to fill out the questions. No one tells you the outcome of how you will answer no-no or no-yes or yes-yes. You can ask your parents, family or friends how to answer but the government wants an honest answer.

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Keywords: Gila River; interment camp; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; World War Two

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