Manabi "Colorado" Hirasaki oral history interview, part 6 of 6, April 17, 1999

0:00 - Describes his post-war life; return home

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Keywords: farming; Gilroy; Issei parents

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2:02 - Discussing how he met his wife; career change

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Keywords: dating; farming; marriage; social activities

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4:50 - Describes how he got into strawberry business

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Keywords: farming; Salinas; San Jose

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7:41 - Describes farming changes in 1960s; working for Driscoll's

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Keywords: California; laborers; management; Oxnard; Watsonville

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11:19 - Discussing his retirement in 1993 and subsequent years

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Keywords: elderly; museum; Nisei veterans; volunteer

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13:09 - Discussing his family; his work preserving Nisei veteran history

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Keywords: 442nd; 522nd; childrearing; children; National Council for Japanese American Redress; Nisei veterans; segregated unit; spouse

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18:40 - His legacy as a member of 522nd

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei veterans; patriotism

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20:04 - Discussing Go For Broke monument

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Keywords: cultural heritage; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; military artifacts; Nisei veterans

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22:09 - Message to future generations

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Asian American; cultural heritage; Japanese American

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25:06 - Future patriotism in America

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Keywords: Americanism; ethnicity; Japanese Americans

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