Jiro "Jerry" Katayama oral history interview, part 1 of 3, 2008

0:00 - Brief introduction and discussing father's job

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Keywords: father; newspaper; Ogden; travel; Utah

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6:12 - Information about parents

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Keywords: Canada; career; Issei parents; marriage; San Francisco; Utah

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14:17 - Duties of mother and additional information about family

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Keywords: business; childhood; children; family; mother; siblings

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18:29 - Nichi Bei Shinbun Newspaper and information about brother

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Keywords: American concentration camp; newspaper; Nichi Bei Shinbun; Topaz; Utah

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21:01 - Growing up in Ogden, Utah

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Keywords: demographics; Japanese people; Ogden; pre-war; school; Utah

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23:49 - Remembering December 7, 1941 and volunteering for the army

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Keywords: 442nd; Camp Savage; Fort Douglas; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Pearl Harbor; volunteer

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26:51 - Effects that Pearl Harbor had on his family

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Keywords: American concentration camp; family; living conditions; restriction; Topaz; Utah

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30:38 - More information about brother and more details about volunteering

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Keywords: brother; Issei parents; marriage; Ohio; Topaz; Utah; volunteer

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33:50 - Joining the Military Intelligence Service and brief explanation of duties during the war

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Keywords: Camp Savage; interrogator; Japanese language school; Kibei; Military Intelligence Service; Nihongo; POW

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37:57 - Continuation of training and overview of of military experiences

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Fort Snelling; Hawaii; interrogation; Korea; MIS; Okinawa; Philippines; Schofield Barracks

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41:15 - Experiences from the Philippines and impressions of General MacArthur

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Keywords: atomic bomb; General MacArthur; interrogate; Japanese soldiers; military training; Philippines; surrender:Leyte

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49:19 - End of the war and duties while stationed at Okinawa

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Keywords: atomic bomb; interrogate; Japanese soldiers; leisure; Okinawa; surrender

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51:38 - Experiences in Korea post-war

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Keywords: duties; Japanese soldiers; Korea; leisure; post-war; weapons

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54:53 - Experiences in post-war Japan

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Keywords: agriculture; family; Japan; post-war; Tokyo; travel

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