0:36 - Parent's background and reasons for immigrating to Hawaii

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Keywords: 1912; Baldwins; brother; emigration; family; father; Fukushima; Hawaii; immigrants; inheritance; Japan; marriage; Maui; mother; parents; Punanue; siblings; sister; son; sugar plantation; wife; work ethic

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3:58 - Life on the plantation and provisions

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Keywords: farm land; father; food; fruit; garden; home; housework; kerosene; medical treatment; mother; plantation; utilities; vegetables; work ethic

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6:22 - Values imparted by Issei parents

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Keywords: college; discipline; education; flexible; high school; higher education; Issei; Japan; parents; strict; thrift; values

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9:01 - Childhood on the pineapple plantation

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Keywords: Baldwin; childhood; fishing; freedom; friends; Lahaina; neighbors; ocean; pineapple plantation; swim

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12:05 - Demographics and segregated plantation camps

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Keywords: classmates; demographics; Filipino; Haule; Hawaiian; Japanese; neighbor; plantation; race; school; segregated camp; social

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14:20 - Elementary and high school experiences/ Influences and possible future career

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Keywords: assertive; bus; career; commute; education; elementary school; Hattie Floss; High School; influence; job; job opportunities; plantation; primary school; pubic school; salary; students; teacher; university

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20:38 - Japanese language school experiences and teachings

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Keywords: 1939; conversation; culture; dual citizens; education; Emperor’s birthday; English; festivals; Hawaii; home; Honolulu; Issei; Japanese school; language; leader; loyalty; Maui; military; origin; patriotic; private; verbal

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28:31 - Losing enthusiasm for teaching at university/ Civilian Defense work

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Keywords: business; College of Education; courses; emergency medical and ambulance services; enthusiasm; Hawaii Territorial Guard; high school; higher education; Japanese Americans; job opportunities; Nisei; officer civilian defense work; station; teacher; university; University of Hawaii; VVV; war

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32:02 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor and reaction to attack

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Keywords: attack; ”Real McCoy”; church services; disbelief; dressing; Japan; Okumora Dormitory; Pearl Harbor; reaction; resignation; Sparky Masanaga; Sunday; surprise; United States soil; war

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35:22 - Joining the Hawaii Territorial Guard/ Removal of Nisei from Guard

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Keywords: anger; buddhaheads; Coco Head; commander; Company C; discharged; drive; explanation; Haule; Hawaii Territorial Guard; Hawaiians; Headquarters company; inactive; January; Japanese-Americans; McKinley; mess department; Nisei; non-Japanese; officers; outpost; race; racial discrimination; racial motivation; rations; reactivated; rifle; ROTC; students; terminated; university

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39:49 - Quitting university and volunteering for MIS

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Keywords: 442nd formation; campus; Dean West; enemy; Februrary 1943; full-time work; Hawaii; heart; Japan; Japanese ancestry; June 1943; language exam; local; loyalty; medical examining board; MIS recruitment; night shift; Pearl Harbor; pressure; quit; racial discrimination; rejected; ROTC; teaching; University; volunteer; volunteers; war; work restrictions

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44:40 - MIS recruitment and duties/ Language test and placement

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Keywords: 11th Airborne; army order; Camp Savage; combat units; diaries; documents; duties; Europe; Fort Benning; front line; Hawaii; intelligence; interpretors; interviewer; January 1944; Japanese; Japanese language school; jump training; kanji; language course; minimum standards; MIS; North Carolina; Pacific front; paratrooper; pay books; Phillipines; placement; recruitment; Section 11; section 8; Stewart; training; translation; volunteers; written test

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50:25 - Training at Camp Savage/ Importance of Kibei's in the combat unit

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Keywords: air strips; Akira Abe; auto battle; Camp Savage; classes; combat unit; Division G2; immediate benefit; intelligence; interpretor; interrogation; Japanese 26th Division; Japanese training methods; John Iso; kibeis; language training; linguists; officer; pay book; Rear Echelon; reference books; regimine; soldiers; translation; unit; valuable

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56:35 - Volunteering for 11th Airborne/ Paratrooper training

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Keywords: acceptance; Alabama; barracks; Camp Savage; Fort Benning; glide; graduation; jump; jump instructor; occupation force; parachute; paratroop School; paratrooper; physical conditioning; plane; preparation; recruitment; scuttlebutt; training; verbal; volunteer

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61:43 - Training at Camp Savage vs. combat reality

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Keywords: battle; Camp Savage; combat; details; diaries; field; intelligence work; Japanese troops; kibei; morale; preparation; rations; starvation; translation

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63:34 - Interrogating a captured Japanese aviator

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Keywords: 511th regiment; aviator; capture; combat intelligence; crash; interrogation training; Japanese soldier; jump; light infantry; linguist; locals; Luzon; Mindoro; Phillipines; POW; prisoner; prisoners; shame; tactical information; wounded

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70:24 - Structure of linguist teams/ Locations of service

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Keywords: 11th airborne; 511th regiment; air field; Attis; Australia; Brisbane; California; division headquarters; Dobudora; Fort Snelling; General MacArthur; Hamilton Field; Japan invasion; language detachment; Leyte; linguist; Luzon; New Giunea; parachute qualified; Phillipine campaigne; San Francisco

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76:38 - Japanese claim air strip in Leyte/ Being password challenged

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Keywords: air strip; battalion; challenged; Division CP; friendly fire; G2; GI runs; Japanese paratrooper; language officer; Leyte; password; perimeter; Phillipines; planes; supply planes

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80:16 - Preventing cases of mistaken identity

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Keywords: attack; battalion level; body guard; combat; company; control center; division fighting forces; division headquarters; enemy; front; Japanese; Leyte; linguist team; mountains; protection; regiment; S2; unit

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83:01 - Landing in a forest behind enemy lines

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Keywords: assembly point; attack; boat; combat; enemy; Filipino; forest; GIs; Luzon; Mindoro; Nasubo; parachute jump; sea landing; team

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86:06 - Shell fire in Manila and casualties within unit

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Keywords: capture; fate; field hospital; GI; headquarters; Japanese; Manila; medics; name; naval guns; officers; rank; S2; serial number; shell; training; trucks

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89:29 - Returning to Hawaii for leave/ Discharge from service

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Keywords: air transport; casualties; Christmas; discharge; division; family; Fort Campbell; Hawaii; home; Japan surrender; leave; linguists; Manila; Maui; Naha airport; Okinawa; police; replacements; request; transport plane; unit; visit

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