Joe Onchi oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 8, 2008

0:00 - Discussing prefecture origin; Father; and siblings

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Keywords: education; farming; Nisei; war

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3:01 - Discussing Father injury

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Keywords: depression; farm; hakujin; issei; Nisei

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5:50 - Discussing Mother; and farm chores

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Keywords: childhood; family; farm; siblings

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8:04 - Discussing childhood activities; Judo; and Japanese School

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Keywords: adolescent; education; Nisei

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11:18 - Discussing Boy Scout; and basketball team I

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Keywords: childhood activities; farm; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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14:20 - Discussing Boy Scout; and basketball team II; friends; and high school

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Keywords: childhood activities; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; sports

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17:00 - Discussing influential teachers

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Keywords: correspondence; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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19:50 - Discuss graduating high school;California; and inducted

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Keywords: employment; farming; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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23:01 - Discussing draft notice; Father passing; and Pearl Harbor bombing

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Keywords: family; higher education; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Seattle; war

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26:19 - Recalling December 7, 1941; and Fort Lewis

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Keywords: Camp Hood; draft; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; Seattle; war

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28:44 - Discussing basic training; Camp Roberts; Fort Lewis; and serial number

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Partial Transcript: projectionist

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Keywords: blackouts in war; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; rifle

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32:04 - Discussing projectionist duty

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Keywords: basic training; Nisei; war

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35:19 - Discussing aftermath from Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: basic training; discrimination; interment camp; Japanese Americans; Jerome; Nisei; Rohwer

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38:09 - Discussing visiting American Concentration Camps and family

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Keywords: "no-no boy"; 9066; dancing; Executive Order 9066; Japanese Americans; Nisei; sports; Tule Lake; wedding

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40:56 - Discussing other American Concentration Camps; no-no boys; and correspondence

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Keywords: Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Jerome; Minidoka; Nisei; Tule Lake

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44:08 - Discussing volunteering for 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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47:31 - Discuss infantry course; going overseas; and replacement

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Keywords: basic training; Central Europe; infantry; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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50:12 - Recalling assignment; and injury I

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; battalion; Central Europe; frontline; Gothic Line; Italy; Nisei; squad; war

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53:36 - Recalling assignment; and injury II

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Gothic Line; Italy; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; rifle

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56:32 - Recalling assignment; and injury III

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; advance; Gothic Line; Italy; Livorno; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; War

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