Masaru Funai oral history interview, part 1 of 2, November 21, 2008

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0:00 - Discussing prefecture origin; and familial description I

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Keywords: farming; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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3:04 - Discussing prefecture origin; and familial description II

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Keywords: employment; Hawaii; Issei parents; picture brides; plantation

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5:57 - Discussing Father's employment

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Keywords: Hawaii; Issei parents; plantation

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8:09 - Discussing Father's employment II; and Depression Era I

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Keywords: adolescent; Issei

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11:21 - Discussing the Depression Era II

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Keywords: children; family; Issei; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; siblings

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13:50 - Recalling motivation from economic hardship

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Keywords: adolescent; Hawaii; Nisei

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16:12 - Recalling childhood activities

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Keywords: farm; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; plantation

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19:07 - Recalling school; and World War Two (WWII)

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Keywords: adolescent; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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22:46 - Recalling after school work during wartime; and Victory Japan Day (VJ Day)

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Keywords: adolescent; farm; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; World War Two; WWII

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25:06 - Discussing Japanese Language School; and hearing about Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: community leaders; enemy alien; Hawaii; interment camp; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war; World War Two; WWII

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27:58 - Discussing Father's reaction to Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: blackouts in war; community leaders; enemy alien; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war; World War Two; WWII

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30:08 - Recalling war years; delivering newspaper; and working in the sugar cane fields

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Keywords: draft; education; employment; Hawaii; Nisei; siblings; war; World War Two

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33:30 - Discussing reading the newspapers about the war

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Keywords: draft; Hawaii; invasion; Issei; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; Okinawa; siblings

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35:45 - Recalling service flag in window; radio; and movies

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Keywords: blackouts in war; childhood activities; curfew; Nisei; World War Two; WWII

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38:34 - Discussing bomb shelters

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Keywords: farm; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war; World War Two; WWII

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41:09 - Discussing rabbits; meals; and parents reaction to wartime

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Keywords: adolescent; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; WII; World War Two

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44:09 - Discussing parents relief to war ending

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; children; draft; family; interment camp; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; post-war; siblings

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47:24 - Recalling correspondence from Brother, Richard; passing of Mother; and post-war

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Keywords: discharge; family; farm; high school; Japanese identity and values; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Okinawa; plantation; siblings; World War Two; WWII

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50:15 - Discussing post-war; nickname; and lawyer I

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Keywords: dancing; family; friendship; Hawaiian identity; high school; Japanese Americans; Nisei; rural communities; siblings

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54:00 - Discussing post-war; and nickname; and lawyer II

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Keywords: Buddhism; family; higher education; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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56:56 - Discussing Buddhism lawyer

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Keywords: Christianity; Hawaii; high school; higher education; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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