Mitsugi Kamemoto oral history interview, part 1 of 3, January 16, 2009

0:00 - Introduction; and discussing father

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Keywords: farm; Hawaii; immgration; Issei; Japan; Kyushu Island

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2:36 - Father's immigration; discussing mother; and visiting relatives in Japan

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Keywords: government; Hawaii; Japan; Korea; Manchuria; marriage; relatives; uncle

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5:23 - Mother and sister's pre-war visit to Japan; and discussing relatives

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Keywords: aunt; Cuba; home; Honolulu; marriage; ship; store

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7:47 - Visiting relatives in Japan II

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Keywords: aunt; bus; correspondence; mother; service; train; village

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10:49 - Visiting relatives III

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Keywords: aunt; Cuba; Japanese language; photographs; store; uncle

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13:23 - Visiting relatives IV; and interactions with Japanese civilians

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Keywords: cousin; English; Honolulu; Japanese Navy; Pearl Harbor Day; train

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16:12 - Experiences in Japan- traveling post World War Two; food; and civilian clothing

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Keywords: bus; Camp Drake; country; horse; kimono; Tokyo; train; wagon

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19:24 - Clothing II; and interactions with Japanese civilians II

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Keywords: English; school; shoes; student; train; uniform; village

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22:14 - Japan- describing relatives' homes; and relationship with relatives

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Keywords: father; lumber; military occupation; nephew; roof; straw; trees

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24:52 - Visiting relatives V; and describing Japanese countryside

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Keywords: aunt; car; cousin; Japan; nephew; road; store; war

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27:01 - Visiting cities in Japan during assignment

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Keywords: barracks; friendship; Sendai; Tokyo; train; travel; Yokohama

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29:53 - Experiences in Tokyo

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Keywords: Camp Drake; friendship; girlfriend; train

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30:47 - Childhood values and customs; discussing mother II; and language spoken at home

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Keywords: Buddhism; Japan; ministry; school; study

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32:11 - Attending Japanese language school

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Keywords: culture; priest; Saturday; sensei; teacher

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34:35 - Japanese language school II

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Keywords: Kanji; Kibei; letter; reading; sensei; student; writing

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37:34 - Japanese language school III

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Keywords: dialect; mochi; story; Tokyo

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40:20 - Japanese language school IV; and attending Military Intelligence Language School (MISLS)

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Keywords: Japan; learn; movie; read; Samurai; stories; terminology

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42:48 - Attending public school; and playing sports

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Keywords: baseball; basketball; history; plantation; sensei; social studies

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44:32 - Describing plantation camps

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Keywords: field; Hawaii; Portuguese; sugar cane; work

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46:33 - Childhood friendships

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Keywords: Boy Scouts; culture; farm; Hawaiian; home; pig; plantation; Portugeuse; softball

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49:35 - Discussing childhood home; and parents' thoughts regarding Japan

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Keywords: father; mother; shrine; sumo

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51:56 - Mother's correspondence to family in Japan; and childhood hopes and dreams

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Keywords: carpenter; pharmacist; school; sensei; university; work

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53:47 - Attending University of Hawaii; and experiences with prejudice

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Keywords: agriculture; Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association; plantation; principal; scholarship; Texas

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56:27 - Prejudice II; and thoughts about being Japanese American

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Keywords: boss; Caucasian; childhood; race discrimination; United States

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59:09 - Discussing favorite aspects of United States; Japanese culture; and blackouts in war

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Keywords: childhood; class; college; Emperor; high school; opportunities; parents; people; values

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