Hideto Kono oral history interview, part 1 of 6, September 26, 1999

0:00 - Introduction; and discussing parents and siblings

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japan; Japanese community; marriage

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2:12 - Discussing childhood in Hawaii; and sugar cane industry

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Keywords: death; father; plantation; school; sugar cane; village

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4:32 - Discussing New Years celebrations

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Keywords: Japanese community; mother; neighborhood; sake

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5:26 - Attending school; and Japanese language school

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japan; parents; public school; teachers; United States

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8:09 - Discussing treatment of Japanese Americans; and discrimination

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Keywords: community; Haole; Hawaii; immigrant; sugar cane

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9:49 - Discussing childhood values; and school II

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Keywords: education; fables; family; honesty; Japanese language school; loyalty

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12:28 - Values II; and participation in honganji

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japanese language school; Kendo; parents; Shikata ga nai; temple

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15:30 - Honganji II; and discussing mother

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Keywords: Buddhism; employment; Hiroshima; Japanese language school; sugar cane; temple

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18:17 - Mother II; and reasons for volunteering for military service

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Keywords: 442nd; death; FBI; Kendo; volunteer; war

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20:58 - Discussing attack on Pearl Harbor; and post high school employment

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Keywords: chamber of commerce; gun; Hilo; Japan; news; radio

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23:35 - Pearl Harbor II- discussing Red Cross training; thoughts about the attack; and employment II

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Keywords: boss; doctor; emergency; food; gas mask; Japan; ration

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