Kenichi Watanabe oral history interview, part 1 of 2, October 16, 2010

0:00 - Discussing the Soviet Union; introduction; and father

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Keywords: Cold War; farming; Issei; Japan; Japanese officers; Oahu; plantation

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2:44 - Father II- immigration to Hawaii; and employment

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Keywords: Brazil; citizenship; friend; Oahu; Pearl Harbor; plantation; relatives

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5:15 - Discussing mother's personality; and attending Japanese language school and church

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Keywords: Buddhism; community; education; English; plantation; siblings

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7:05 - Discussing Japanese dialects; and attending school

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Keywords: education; English; military occupation; Tokyo

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8:46 - Discussing childhood-playing baseball; and describing home

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Keywords: brother; citiznship; English; Hawaii; mother; parents; sports

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10:54 - Childhood II- home II; community; thoughts about the future; and discussing the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion

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Keywords: baseball; college; education; Filipino; Oahu; plantation; Portugeuse; volunteer

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13:31 - Discussing pre-war tensions; and Japanese propaganda

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Keywords: Europe; Germany; Japan; radio; United States

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16:32 - Discussing father's thoughts regarding the war

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Keywords: Japan; Japanese language; plantation; wages

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18:23 - Experiences after high school- apprenticeship with Navy

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Keywords: high school; oil tanks; Pearl Harbor; volunteer

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21:17 - Apprenticeship II; and attack on Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Navy; Pearl Harbor; tanks; tunnel

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23:07 - Pearl Harbor II

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Keywords: airplane; flag; friendship; Japan; plantation; work

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26:00 - Pearl Harbor III

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Keywords: airplane; crew; forced removal; Nisei; ships; USS Arizona

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28:57 - Aftermath of Pearl Harbor- discussing possibility of forced removal; and involvement in memorial

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Keywords: Honoluliuli; incarceration camps; USS Arizona; USS Missouri; West Coast

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32:05 - Getting drafted; employment; basic training; and experiences at Fort Snelling

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Keywords: Army; class; employment; induction; Navy; reserves; Schofield Barracks

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35:10 - Fort Snelling II; and assignment in Japan

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Keywords: classes; General MacArthur; Japanese constitution; military occupation; teacher; Tokyo; Zama

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38:00 - Assignment II- processing POWs

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Keywords: Iron Curtain; Japan; nuclear; Russian; ship; Soviet Union

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41:03 - Assignment III- processing POWs II; and interrogation

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Keywords: clothing; Counterintelligence Corps; interrogate; lice; Russia; ship

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43:18 - Discussing rank; and POWs III

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Keywords: Direct Commission Officer; Lieutenant; Russia; ship; Soviet Union

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46:06 - POWs IV and interrogation II

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Keywords: crew; Japanese soldiers; Manchuria; POW; rank; Russia; ship

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48:34 - Interrogation III; and discussing Japanese Colonel

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Keywords: General; POW; recruit; Tokyo

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51:46 - Discussing linguists; and interrogation IV

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Keywords: interrogate; Manchuria; POW; Tokyo

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54:22 - Interrogation V

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Keywords: Colonel; General; interview; Nisei; POW; rank; repatriation; Russian

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