0:00 - Introduction / Family background

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Keywords: childhood; housewife; Huntington Park, CA; inventions; machinist; migration; parents; siblings

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2:20 - Childhood neighborhood / Playing music growing up

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Keywords: Caucasian; childhood activities; instruments; Japanese Americans; music; neighborhood; orchestra

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5:32 - Other childhood activities / Childhood heroes

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Keywords: childhood; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Great Depression; Harry James; heroes; high school; music; track and field

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6:30 - Church activities / Meeting wife

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Keywords: birthday party; church; girlfriend; Methodism; musician; orchestra; religion; wife

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7:48 - Career goals as a young man / Childhood friends

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Keywords: American; business; department store; friends; Pearl Harbor; photography; prejudice; work

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9:37 - Prejudice towards Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: desert; food vendors; hunting; hysteria; Japanese Americans; neighborhood; Pearl Harbor; prejudice

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11:59 - Hearing about Pearl Harbor attack / Aftermath

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Keywords: bombing; desert; high school; hunting; military service; Pearl Harbor; radio broadcast; war

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14:05 - Executive Order 9066--incarcerating Japanese Americans

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Keywords: Executive Order 9066; friends; incarceration; injustice; Japanese Americans; news; reimbursement; war

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16:10 - Marriage / Drafted for military service -- Stops at Fort Leonard Wood and Mississippi

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; basic training; colorblind; draft notice; marriage; military service; radio operator; Salt Lake City

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19:43 - Feelings about serving in the war / Brothers' military service

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Keywords: Army; basic training; discussion; draft; inoculations; military service; siblings; war

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22:05 - Friends in the war / Sitting in on friend's bombing mission in Italy

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Keywords: Air Force; bombing; experiences; friend; industries; military service; mission; parents

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24:43 - First impressions of the Army / Basic training

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Keywords: basic training; ethnic groups; Fort Leonard Wood; marches; Missouri; physical fitness; rifle; weather

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27:11 - Overseas replacement / Leaving the United States for Europe

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; battery clerk; embarkation; European Theater; forward observation; overseas; radio operator; training

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