0:00 - Brief introduction and events of Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japan; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; surrender; University of California, Berkeley

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3:03 - Learning of Japan's surrender while at Officer Candidate School

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Keywords: basic training; commission; Eastern front; Nisei soldiers; OCS; surrender

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7:20 - Transferring to the Counter Intelligence Corps

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Keywords: Baltimore; Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC); information; interrogate; interview; Japanese language school; leave; Nisei soldiers

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12:28 - Stories of traveling to Seattle and to Japan

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Keywords: bridge; interrogate; Japan; Nisei soldiers; playing cards; seasickness; training

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17:45 - Arriving in Japan

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Keywords: arrival; Camp Zama; Japan; occupation; replacement depot; Yokohama

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18:14 - Lived one year in Japan as a child

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Keywords: creek; Japanese Army; memories; Mt. Fuji; parents; shame; siblings

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24:21 - Personality as a child

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Keywords: childhood; children; interest; Issei parents; personality

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25:22 - Father's business

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Keywords: children; cursing; drinking; farm labor; father; fights; tavern; values

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27:30 - Cultural upbringing

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Keywords: American Culture; Buddhism; English language; household; Japanese Culture; Japanese food; religious; values

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33:02 - Type of student as a child

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Keywords: band; education; good grades; grammar school; high school; homework; snare drums; student; study

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38:21 - Determining self-identity and Americanism

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Keywords: "Jap"; democratic; freedom; high school; Japanese; name change; rights; speech

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45:22 - Playing sports growing up

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Keywords: basketball; championship; football; short; sports; varsity

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47:53 - Arriving in Yokohama

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Keywords: begging; cigarettes; docked; trade; Yokohama

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