Frank Saburo Sato oral history interview, part 3 of 4, November 16, 2007

0:00 - Introduction; and discussing Presidential appointments

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Keywords: brother; Department of Transportation; Department of Veterans Affairs; Inspector General; Nisei veterans; Washington

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3:00 - Thoughts about being first Nisei Presidential appointee; and experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: Air Force; college; home; NBC; speech

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6:10 - Discussing opportunities for Japanese Americans; and importance of Nisei veterans

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Keywords: employment; government; retirement

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7:15 - Department of Transportation duties

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Keywords: audit; boss; challenge; Inspector General; Nisei veterans; organization; race

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10:00 - Department of Transportation duties II; and meeting President Carter

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Keywords: audit; Inspector General; investigation; President Reagan

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13:20 - Reasons for taking Department of Transportation job; and discussing redress movement

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Keywords: Department of Defense; Japanese American community; Nisei veterans; Veterans Affairs

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16:30 - Reasons II

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Keywords: community; Department of Transportation; pray; Vice President Mondale; White House

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19:09 - Reasons III; and relationship with Walter Mondale

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Keywords: community; letter; redress

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20:44 - Involvement with redress movement

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Keywords: Congress; Inspector General; testify; Washington D.C.

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23:18 - Redress II

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Keywords: dentist; friendship; JACL; meeting; MIS; veteran

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26:20 - Redress III

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Keywords: Congressman; Senatory Inouye; survivor; Washington D.C.

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28:54 - Redress IV

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Keywords: apology; education; Go For Broke; history; Nisei veterans; publicity

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31:46 - Redress V; and discussing Nisei veterans

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; apology; education; wounded

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33:40 - Discussing brother's service in Europe

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Keywords: casualty; employment; France; Italy; sacrifice

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35:44 - Thoughts about President Carter and President Reagan

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Keywords: Habitat for Humanity; Inspector General; management; meeting; White House

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38:44 - Discussing service in Department of Veterans Affairs; and story about friend's brother

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Keywords: Idaho; Killed in Action; Minidoka; President Lincoln

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41:38 - Veterans Affairs II; and friend II

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Keywords: incarceration camps; outhouse

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43:49 - Veterans Affairs III

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Keywords: career; children; incarceration camps; Nisei veterans

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46:43 - Discussing career opportunities

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Keywords: Asian American; Presidential appointment; Seattle

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48:41 - Discussions with children regarding life experiences

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Keywords: incarceration camps; pain; pictures

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51:00 - Discussions with grandchildren regarding life experiences; and redress VI

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Keywords: children; Densho; education; history; incarceration; interview; meeting; projects; school

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