Kuni Pete Nakao oral history interview, part 1 of 4, November 13, 1999

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0:00 - Introduction and discussing getting a nickname

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Keywords: birthday; English name; Sacramento

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1:27 - Discussing family business and getting draft number

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Keywords: draft; dry cleaning business; junior college; liquor salesman; Monterey; Sacramento; siblings

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4:09 - Growing up in Sacramento, California and learning martial arts

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Keywords: Buddhist church; childhood; family; judo; kendo

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5:51 - Growing up in Sacramento II- Educational and work experiences

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Keywords: Buddhist church; chemical engineering; high school; Japanese language school; liquor salesman; Sacramento junior college

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9:24 - Interest in chemical engineering and transition to Japanese liquor salesman

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Keywords: employment; engineering; Japanese liquor; liquor salesman; sake

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10:58 - Discussing family and involvement with Buddhist church

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Keywords: hairdresser; Issei parents; liquor salesman; siblings; truck driver

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13:01 - Life after getting drafted - Experiences in Quartermaster Corps and with racism

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Roberts; Pearl Harbor; Quartermaster Corps; San Luis Obispo; truck driver; Van Nuys

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18:08 - Experiences in San Antonio, Texas and Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; MISLS; Nisei soldiers; San Antonio; Texas; Van Nuys

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23:52 - Basic training in non-segregated unit and discussing family's incarceration at Tule Lake

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Roberts; forced removal; incarceration camps; Japanese food; judo; San Luis Obispo; Tule Lake

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