0:36 - Parent's background and reasons for immigrating to Hawaii
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3:58 - Life on the plantation and provisions
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6:22 - Values imparted by Issei parents
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9:01 - Childhood on the pineapple plantation
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12:05 - Demographics and segregated plantation camps
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14:20 - Elementary and high school experiences/ Influences and possible future career
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20:38 - Japanese language school experiences and teachings
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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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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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63:34 - Interrogating a captured Japanese aviator
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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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80:16 - Preventing cases of mistaken identity
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83:01 - Landing in a forest behind enemy lines
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86:06 - Shell fire in Manila and casualties within unit
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89:29 - Returning to Hawaii for leave/ Discharge from service
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