1:08 - Introduction -- Family

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Keywords: brothers; farmer; farming; father; housewife; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese farmers; mother; siblings; sisters

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2:52 - Childhood -- Played in recreational sports leagues in San Francisco

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Keywords: baseball; basketball; childhood; Japanese language school; Modesto; recreational activities; San Francisco; sports; Stockton

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5:06 - High school -- Took vocational courses and played sports

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Keywords: basketball; classes; football; high school; high school classes; Morse Code; Nisei; Nisei sports league; pre-World War II; San Francisco; sports; Stockton; vocational classes

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9:25 - Hearing news of Pearl Harbor attack / Forced removal to Manzanar Concentration Camp -- Football team saw him off at the railroad station

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Keywords: "evacuation"; armed guards; Assembly Centers; concentration camp; December 7th; farm; football team; forced removal; friends; Hawaii; high school; Manzanar; Pearl Harbor; radio; railroad station

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15:26 - Living conditions at Manzanar Concentration Camp / Worked various jobs within Manzanar

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Keywords: barracks; concentration camp; family; hospital; incarceration camp; Manzanar; PX store; siblings; sister; sports; straw matress; warehouse

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18:15 - Received draft notice while in Detroit, Michigan / Older brother volunteered for service from Manzanar concentration camp

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 442nd Regimental Combat Team, M Company; Americans of Japanese ancestry; brother; Camp Shelby; concentration camp; Detroit; draft notice; drafted; furlough; Japanese American; Manzanar; military service; prejudice; race riots; volunteer for service

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21:17 - Reported to Fort Sheraton, Illinois / Basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida

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Keywords: BAR; basic training; Camp Blanding; Camp Shelby; Fort Sheraton; furlough; haircut; Hawaiian Nisei; Illinois; Mainland; Mainland Nisei; marches; physical test

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24:56 - Visited family at Manzanar while on furlough

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Keywords: basic training; Bruyeres; Camp Blanding; casualties; concentration camp; family; father; furlough; Japanese American soldiers; Manzanar; MP; Nisei; Reno

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28:40 - Shipped overseas from Fort Meade -- Joined the 100th Infantry Battalion in France (Champagne Campaign)

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; basic training; casualties; Champagne Campaign; Fort Meade; France; overseas; Scotland; train

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