Partial Transcript: "My name is Herbert Kyoto Yanamura"

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura starts his interview by discussing his mother and father, and their life in Hawaii.

Keywords: coffee; coffee farm; Hawaii; history; hutchinson sugar company; japanese; japanese american history; japanese americans; plantations; sugar; sugar plantations

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Partial Transcript: "How many children in your family?"

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura discusses his siblings, his father, and the coffee farm he grew up on.

Keywords: coffee; coffee farms; education; family; hawaii; hawaiian language; hawaiians; japanese american identity and values; japanese americans; siblings

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Partial Transcript: "We spoke only Japanese at home."

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura talks about only speaking Japanese at home and how this made it difficult at school.

Keywords: english; hawaii; hawaiians; history; japanese; japanese american identity and values; japanese americans; japanese history; japanese language; school

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Partial Transcript: "Was your family a church going family?"

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura discusses briefly his family's religious traditions.

Keywords: buddhism; church; japanese american identity and values; japanese americans; religion

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Partial Transcript: "We had Japanese magazines to read."

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura discusses the emphasis on Japanese language in the home, and the lifestyle of the coffee farmers.

Keywords: coffee farm; community; culture; family; farmers; foreign language; Japan; Japanese; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and culture; magazines

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Partial Transcript: "Was there a coffee growing cooperative?"

Segment Synopsis: The association of coffee growers is described by Yanamura.

Keywords: barter system; coffee farmers; coffee growing; farm supplies; farmers; general store; Japanese American identity and culture; Japanese Americans; organization

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Partial Transcript: "To me the price of coffee was not controlled in Kona..."

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura describes how the coffee farmers in Kona were doing well until the Depression.

Keywords: coffee farmers; coffee growers; exploitation; farmers; Japanese American identity and culture; Japanese Americans; Kona; Kona coffee; the depression

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Partial Transcript: "No I never did read his book."

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura talks about the experiences of Koji Ariyoshi, who wrote the book From Kona to Yenan.

Keywords: coffee farmers; Japanese; Japanese American identity and culture; Japanese Americans; Koji Ariyoski; Kona coffee

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Partial Transcript: "My father for example had a separate house just for the Filipino laborers."

Segment Synopsis: Yanamura describes the diversity, and lack thereof, that he experienced growing up.

Keywords: coffee farmers; Hawaiians; Japanese; Japanese American identity and culture; Japanese Americans; Kona; laborers

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Partial Transcript: "...and that's the first Haole I ever met."

Segment Synopsis: A brief account of Yanamura's lack of contact with "Haoles" growing up.

Keywords: culture; Haole; Japanese American identity and values; Japanese Americans; Kona; multiracial

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Keywords: American; childhood; Christianity; Christians; church; citizen; equal; Filipino; friendship; Goto; interned; internment; Japanese identity; Japanese language; Japanese school; Kona; language; multi-racial; Nisei; non-Japanese; Pearl Harbor; personal identity; prejudice; principal; race; racial differences; schoolmates; sensei; teachers; veteran; WWI

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; conversation; encouragement; father; Hamada; identity; infantry; interview; Japan; Japanese; Japanese language; Japanese language school; Kona; letters; Military Intelligence Unit; MIS; Nisei; parents; read; recruitment; student; study; test; transcription; useful; write; written

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Keywords: bookkeeping; Camp Savage; chaplain; class; diploma; education; elementary; graduate; graduation; high school; Inaba; intermediate; Konawaena; math; Mukaida family; Pearl Harbor; Piang; public school; respect; science; Section 30; semester; senior; student; teachers; Tim Hirata; volunteer; war

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Keywords: agents; agricultural agent; agriculture; ambition; Brian Goto; college; farmers; high school; Kona; Konawaena; occupation; plans; pre-war; school; serve; teach

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Keywords: attack; bombing; brothers; clothing; December 7th; disappointment; enemy; English; family; father; fields; Hawaii; home; ironing; Japan; Japanese; language; navy; Pearl Harbor; picking coffee; power; questioning; radio; report; short wave radio; successful; Tokyo broadcast; upset; US base; war; women

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Keywords: American; anger; attack; discrimination; drills; feelings; Filipinos; government; hostility; Japan; Japanese; Japanese ancestry; laborers; National Guard; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; pro-America; racial prejudice; skills; territory; training; war; wood rifles

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Keywords: American citizens; attack; brother; California; citizen; code; connections; country; debate; decipher; duty; father; FBI; future; Halaula; intern; internment; interview; involved; Issei; Japan; Japanese; Japanese letters; Japanese visitors; katagumi; Kona; livelihood; loyalty; mainland; message; Minnesota; monitoring; neighbor; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; politically active; pro-America; pro-Japan; Shogi; store; worried; worry

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Keywords: 442nd; Asians; buses; car; Caucasian; classes; closures; cutbacks; December 7; family; Filipinos; gasoline; Halaula; Haole; Hawaiians; Japanese; Japanese language school; Kona; Konawaena School; librarian; living conditions; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; prejudice; race; rations; school; shop; shortages; students; teachers; transportation; typing; volunteer; white

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Keywords: 1A classification; 2C; 442nd Combat; age 18; announcement; brother; brothers; Charles Sakamaki; country; dependents; discussion; duty; eighteen; elder; elderly and youths; eligible; encouragement; family; farm; father; Hawaii; hesitant; high school; homeroom teacher; Honolulu; January 1943; loyalty; military classification; Minnesota; Nisei combat team; numbers; sign up; Territory; University of Hawaii; volunteers

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Keywords: 442; 442nd Combat; Aloha Theater; army truck; assembly; “I am an American”; ceremony; combat; community; crying; death; emotional; family members; farewell party; gathering; goodbye; Halaula; High School; Hilo; home; hotel; Kailua; Kona; Kudo brothers; March 18th; memorize; parking; parties; physical; poem; reception; recite; report; scene; send-off; transport; volunteer

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Keywords: army; barracks bag; Big Island; cabins; cause; ceremony; ceremony march; civilian; country; deck; docks; duffel bag; GI clothing; Hilo; Hilo Armory; Honolulu; Honolulu Harbor; Hualalai; Kona; overnight trip; passengers; patriotic spirit; Pier 10; Schoffield; service; tent city; train; truck; uniform; volunteers

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Keywords: 442nd; Arkansas; basic training; Camp Jerome; Camp Shelby; chiggers; city; Company K; concentration camps; dance; expert; father; flat-footed; force hikes; friend; gatherings; Golden Gate Bridge; Haluala; Hawaii; heat; height and weight; help; hikes; Hilo; Hiro Endo; Hiroshi Higa; impressive; interned; internment camp; Japan; K Company; katonks; Kona; Kuai; leaders; mainland; Mariyama; marksmanship; Maui; Minnesota; New Mexico; Oahu; Oekawa; pack; pain; rifle; rifleman; San Francisco; scene; service club; service hall; ship; squad; squad leader; strenuous; Tetsuo Hamada; Toshi Kubota; visit; weather

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Keywords: 442nd; announcement; army; bacteriology; barracks 15; Battle Creek; brother; bunkmates; Camp Savage; Camp Shelby; drafted; eldest; family; Fort Custer; Harold Yoshito; Hawaii; interview; K Company; Michigan; Military Intelligence Service; Minnesota; MIS; Nisei; notification; recruiters; Sanitation officer; selected; service; Stanley Tanaka; stationed; test; transfer; University of Minnesota; visit; volunteer; weekend pass; Yoshimi Hayashi

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Keywords: 442nd; barracks bag; beautiful; beer; bunpo; business Japanese; Camp Savage; Camp Shelby; classmate; first impression; grass; Harry Tanaka; Hawaii; heaven; Hisashi Kumota; Honolulu; intelligent; Japanese; judge; kanji; Kona; lawn; learned; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; nuclear chemist; Oak Ridge; sand; Section 30; service company; smart; study; teacher; Timmy Hirata; Tokuhon; volunteer; Yutaka Nakahata

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Keywords: assignment; basic training; Camp Savage; disciplinarian; discipline; general; graduation; Japanese; John Iso; knowledge; language; leader; MIS; overseas duty; Snelling

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Keywords: 100th infantry; 381st Infantry; 382nd Infantry; 383rd Infantry; 96th Infantry Division; assignments; division headquarters; education; English; Fort Laughton; G2; Hawaii; Honolulu; Intelligence unit; Japan; Japanese language; jungle training; Landing Ship Dock; Maui; Minnesota; movement; night vision; Niseis; Okinawa; Osamu Yamamoto; perimeter guard duty; President Roosevelt; regimental headquarters; Schoffield Barracks; Seattle; sergeant; ship; shot; Snooper Scope; staff sergeants; T3; T4; team; team leader; tech sergeant; train; unit; veterans; visit; Warren Higa; wounded

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Keywords: 96th Infantry Division; armed; attack; carbine; departure; explosion; fire; first wave; G2; Hawaii; headquarters; Honolulu; intelligence; invasion; Invasion of Leyte; Japanese Air Force; landing ship dock; Leyte; Lindsey; LSD; Manus Island; Philippines; rifles; Schoffield; sea voyage; ship; supervision

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Keywords: 96th Infantry Division; armed; attack; carbine; departure; explosion; fire; first wave; G2; Hawaii; headquarters; Honolulu; intelligence; invasion; Invasion of Leyte; Japanese Air Force; landing ship dock; Leyte; Lindsey; LSD; Manus Island; Philippines; rifles; Schoffield; sea voyage; ship; supervision

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Keywords: 2nd lieutenant; capture; Caucasion; conversation; division headquarters; enlisted; equal rank; intelligence; interrogate; interrogation; Japanese officer; Japanese pilot; Leyte; military movements; officer; officer’s ensignia; parachute; team leader; trained; Warren

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Keywords: 96th division; air field; amphibian tanks; April 1; capital city; coral reef; defense; Dulag; invasion; Japanese army; Kadena Air Base; landing; landing craft; Landing ship dock; Leyte; MacArthur; March; October 20, 1944; Okinawa; Philippines; photograph; sea wall; ship; show; Tacloban; travel; troop transport ship; undefended; water

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Keywords: burial tombs; captured documents; division headquarters; intelligence; interrogation; Japan; Japanese resistance; landing; maps; Okinawa; POW; prisoners; prisoners of war; questioning; regimental headquarters; translation

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Keywords: agricultural experiment station; air base; air field; American soldiers; American troops; battles; captured documents; casualties; danger; deaths; division headquarters; fighting; front lines; Futenma; G2; General; highways; intelligence work; interrogation; Japanese army; Japanese artillery attacks; Japanese defense; Japanese government; Marines; personnel; prisoners; relocation; resistance; roads; Sawtooth Ridge; shell; shrapnel; Shuri; Shuri area; south; translation; useful

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Keywords: American GI’s; athletic; boring; cave entrance; caves; combat experience; company commander; death; division headquarters; Fred Fukushima; Haole; healthy; intelligence; Japanese; Japanese civilians; Japanese soldier; officers; ranking non-commissioned officer; regiment; regimental headquarters; replace; responsibility; sealed; sergeant; shame; suicide; translating; volunteer; wounded men

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Keywords: able-bodied; adults; American soldiers; Americans; bandages; broadcast; candy; caves; cease fire; children; cigarette; combat actions; disguise; extension; first aid; first lieutenant; front line; fundoshi; General Ushijima; healthy; hold fire; humane; husband; identity; interrogation; invasion; Japanese civilians; Koreans; lady; loudspeaker; major; Mayahira; military; mis-treated; name; officer; Okinawa; questioning; request; S2; school teacher; stranded; surrender; suspicion; tag; tortured; treat; uniform; Warren; wounded

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Keywords: announcement; cave; cave entrance; General Amamiya; GI’s; headquarters; Japanese; Japanese 24th; Japanese citizen; loudspeaker; Mayahira; Okinawa; prisoner; rebuilding; regimental commander; response; S2; sealed entrance; surrender

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