0:40 - Martial Law put into effect after Pearl Harbor attack -- Way to control Japanese population in Hawaii

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Keywords: Battle of Midway; Charles Hemmingway; December 7th; demographic; Executive Orders; fear; Hawaii; Hawaii Territorial Guard; HTG; influential leaders; Iolani Palace; Issei; Japanese Navy; Japanese population; loyalty; Martial Law; military; Military Governor; minority; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; Schofield Barracks; Shikata ga nai; Varsity Victory Volunteers; West Coast

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7:00 - Response of the Issei generation in Hawaii: "Shikata ga nai"

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Keywords: "Shikata ga nai"; American citizens; enemy; face of enemy; family; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese American community; loyal; reality of war; Schofield Barracks

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9:13 - Other minority communities in Hawaii were not restricted by Martial Law

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Keywords: Asian face; Chinese population; ethnic groups; Manoa; Martial Law; minorities; Pearl Harbor

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11:21 - Japanese community adjusted to changes imposed by Martial Law

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Keywords: Americanism; defense; Emperor of Japan; Japanese American community; Japanese community; Japanese culture; Japanese swords; Martial Law

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13:50 - Duncan v. Kahanamoku (1944) Supreme Court case / Martial Law was the turning point of political and economic changes in Hawaii

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Keywords: "Big Five"; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; disloyalty; Duncan v. Kahanamoku; Habeas Corpus; Hawaii; Japanese population; Martial Law; military control; post-war; Supreme Court; Supreme Court case; unconstitutional; Varsity Victory Volunteers

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19:53 - Education was interrupted by the war -- Decided to return to school rather than taking commission for service in Occupation of Japan

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Keywords: China-Burma-India Theater; college; commission; Commissioned Officer; education; law school; Mainland; Nisei; Occupation of Japan; Pearl Harbor; post-war; University; World War II veterans

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24:45 - VVV members reorganized after the war into social organization

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Hawaii; military experience; Military Intelligence Service; military service; MIS; Nisei veterans; organization; Varsity Victory Volunteers; VVV; VVV members

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27:56 - End of the war created relief for Japanese American community

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; end of war; Hawaii; Japanese American community; Japanese Americans; loyalty; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; post-war; relief; World War II; World War Two

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30:21 - Job opportunities were limited for Nisei before the war / Fortunate to study law through the GI Bill

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Keywords: "Big Five"; discrimination; education; GI Bill; Hawaii; law school; lawyer; Nisei; Nisei veterans; pre-law; pre-war; professors; teaching; university; white collar job

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35:16 - First Japanese American to be accepted at Indiana University and Yale Law School

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Keywords: "Big Five"; "discrimination"; "incarceration of Japanese Americans"; "incarceration"; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Greek system; Indiana University; Ku Klux Klan; Law School; Nisei; Nisei veteran; professor; Professor Alan Sanders; Southern Indiana; veterans; World War II veterans; Yale Law School

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42:16 - Many World War II veterans attended Yale Law School / Different teaching style at Yale compared to University of Hawaii / Professor Harry Shulman influenced his career in arbitration

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Keywords: arbitration; educated; Ford; Harry Shulman; Harvard; Jewish; labor; labor law; lectures; maturity; Phi Beta Kappa; Robert Maynard Hutchins; United Autoworkers Union; university; University of Hawaii; veterans; War Labor Board; World War II veterans; Yale Law School

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