0:00 - Japanese language school -- correspondence with parents in Japanese

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Keywords: air mail; hiragana; Issei parents; Japanese language school; kanji; katakana; letters; rice; tsukemono

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2:31 - Not joining the Military Intelligence Service -- desire to be combat soldier / Visit to Japan -- communicating with Japanese

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Keywords: December 7th; high school; Hiroshima; interpreter; interrogate; Japanese language; Japanese language school; Japanese natives; Military Intelligence Service; military service; MIS; Pacific Theater; recruitment; speaking Japanese; translator; volunteer

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7:46 - Celebration of Japanese American Nisei volunteer soldiers / Induction into military service

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Keywords: auto mechanic; community center; draft notice; GIs; honor; induction; Japanese American community; military draft; military service; military uniform; physical examination; physical examinations; Santa Cruz; send off

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13:28 - Army life / Fort Sill, Oklahoma -- assignment as Station Compliment

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Keywords: 69th Quarter Master Company; acceptance; Army; artillery training center; Californians; civilian jobs; company; concentration camp; Fort Sill; laundry; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; relocation camp; rifle; Riverside; Station Compliment

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18:47 - Relinquished land inheritance in Japan for US citizenship

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Keywords: American citizen; drafted; dual citizenship; farm; Issei parents; Japan; Japanese Americans; Japanese citizen; landowner; military draft

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22:03 - In Riverside, California on December 7, 1941

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Keywords: community leaders; December 7th; declaration of war; drafted; German campaign; Germany; girlfriend; GIs; Hawaii; interrogation; loyalty; Nisei soldiers; pass; Pearl Harbor; President Rooservelt; radio broadcast; World War II; World War Two

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26:20 - Family in Hiroshima during US atomic bomb drop

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Keywords: atomic bomb; burns; cousin; December 7th; family; ground zero; Hiroshima; personal recollections; river; survivor

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