0:00 - Introductions and parent's backgrounds

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Keywords: family; father; Hawaii; Issei parents; mother; pidgin English

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3:02 - Childhood education and Japanese culture

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japanese identity and values; Japanese language school; pidgin; primary school; shame

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7:19 - World events and being drafted

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Keywords: Depression; draft; Europe; Hawaii; high school; Maui; Pearl Harbor

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9:48 - Reporting for military service and basic training

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Keywords: Alabama; basic training; draft; Fort Snelling; Honolulu; language school; Minnesota

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12:14 - Visiting Japan in childhood

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Keywords: family; Japan; Japanese soldiers; train; travel

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14:27 - Self identification and leaving Hawaii for basic training

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Keywords: basic training; Hawaii; Hawaiian identity; Japanese American; Japanese identity and values

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16:45 - Experiences in basic training in Alabama and at Fort Snelling

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Keywords: Alabama; basic training; Fort Snelling; Japanese American soldiers; Minnesota

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20:11 - Curriculum at Fort Snelling and writing home

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Keywords: Fort Snelling; Japanese language; kanji; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Minnesota; mother

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23:06 - Graduating MISLS and being sent to Japan

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Keywords: Fort Snelling; graduation; Japan; Kibei; Mount Fuji; occupation

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27:43 - Arriving in Japan

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Keywords: barracks; cigarettes; Japan; Nisei soldiers; occupation; stable; Zama

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30:17 - Assigned to Tokyo

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Keywords: Civil Censorship Detachment; Japanese language; NYK Building; occupation; Tokyo

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32:08 - Post-war Tokyo and dance halls

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Keywords: dance halls; Ginza; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese citizens; music; post-war; Tokyo

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35:34 - Impressions of Japanese citizens

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Keywords: demeanor; Japanese citizens; orphans; pride; Tokyo

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37:49 - Feeling safe in Tokyo with Japanese citizens

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; obedient; occupation; safety; Tokyo; unarmed

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