Jun Yamamoto oral history interview, part 1 of 2, June 29, 2008

0:00 - Introduction; and discussing parents

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Keywords: 442nd; immigration; Japan; Los Angeles; nickname; Vancouver

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2:28 - Father's immigration to the United States

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Keywords: China; cousin; English; geologist; railroad; Seattle

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4:40 - Father's employment

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Keywords: car; chauffeur; cousin; farming; houseboy; Los Angeles

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6:26 - Discussing how parents met; and childhood activities

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Keywords: beach; friendship; Hakujin; Japan; marriage

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8:50 - Discussing father's market; the Great Depression; and working on a farm

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Keywords: college; customers; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Los Angeles; money; mother

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12:17 - Discussing parents' values

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Keywords: customers; economic; Great Depression; honesty; money; Pearl Harbor

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15:22 - Values II; friendships; and neighborhood growing up

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Keywords: Boy Scouts; Camp Shelby; Little Tokyo; Los Angeles; Nisei; school; trust

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17:52 - Childhood- thoughts about race and identity; and discussing prejudice

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Keywords: friendship; high school; Little Tokyo; propaganda; Sino-Japanese War; teacher

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20:39 - Prejudice II-lecturing at high schools

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Keywords: citizenship; discrimination; Los Angeles; newspaper; teacher

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23:18 - Lectures II; high school graduation; and attending Japanese language school

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Keywords: citizenship; father; high school; military; soldiers; teacher

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25:36 - Language spoken at home; and attack on Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: bomb; customers; English; homework; Japan; market; radio; UCLA

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28:33 - Pearl Harbor II

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Keywords: American; citizenship; classmate; friendship; Japan; Japanese Army

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30:20 - Pearl Harbor III- premonitions; parents' thoughts; and family friend's military service

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Keywords: American; father; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Issei; war; Washington D.C.

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33:51 - Aftermath of Pearl Harbor- attempting to volunteer for service

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Keywords: classmates; Hakujin; military; recruiter; UCLA

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36:30 - Aftermath II- discussing civil defense and restrictions

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Keywords: "evacuation"; blackouts in war; class; curfew; house; Nisei; submarine; UCLA

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39:42 - Aftermath III- experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: bus; police; school; students

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42:43 - Aftermath IV-discrimination II; and discussing FBI

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Keywords: American; Chinese; father; parents; school

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44:20 - Aftermath V- discussing "evacuation" and discrimination III

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Keywords: farmer; friend; gasoline; incarceration camps; Nisei; prejudice

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46:56 - Aftermath VI- discussing anti-Japanese sentiment

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Keywords: American; article; family; panel; Plymouth

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49:30 - Discussing Executive Order 9066; and forced removal

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Keywords: Little Tokyo; Manzanar; notice; Pomona; Santa Anita

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52:06 - Leaving belongings behind

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Keywords: Executive Order 9066; friend; furniture; storage

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54:15 - Thoughts about Executive Order 9066; belongings II; and traveling to incarceration camp

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Keywords: bus; guard; Little Tokyo; trunk; warehouse

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57:11 - Traveling II

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Keywords: bus; desert; lunch; rifle; soldier

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