0:00 - Growing up on a plantation

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Keywords: death; fire; parents; plantation; poverty; sister; sugar cane; work

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3:39 - Leaving plantation to work at Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: crane operator; Pearl Harbor; plantation; siblings; USS Arizona; wage; wages; work

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5:58 - Early childhood and elementary school

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Keywords: beach; childhood; discipline; education; elementary school; fishing; games; Japanese language school

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9:00 - Future Farmers of America / Chores at home

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Keywords: Big Five; chicken; chores; football; Future Farmers of America; pigs; vegetables; Walter F. Dillingham

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11:42 - Sneaking out to play at night

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Keywords: brother; discipline; escape hole; family; house; mill camp; mischief; parents

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13:40 - Work after high school

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Keywords: grass; high school; pay; penny; plantation; work

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14:41 - Drafted into the Army

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Keywords: discharge; draft; draft board; Honolulu; pay; U.S. Army; Waialua, Hawaii; work

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16:45 - Assigned to the 65th Engineer Battalion

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 65th Engineer Battalion; construction; duties; Fort Kamehameha; Hickam Field; Schofield Barracks

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19:33 - Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: "trigger happy"; Army personnel; discrimination; guard duty; motorcycle club; Pearl Harbor; Schofield Barracks

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22:37 - Assignment at Fort Kam

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Keywords: ammunition; construction; defense; demolition; dynamite; Fort Kamehameha; Kailua, Hawaii; pill boxes

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24:29 - Leaving Hawaii

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Keywords: boat; fertilizer; Hawaii; Maui; seasick; ship out

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