0:00 - Attending Christian church

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Subjects: Issei Japanese missionary Presbyterian reverend

2:12 - Thoughts about school and sports, and challenges finding work

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Keywords: education; employment; farming; football; scholarship; sports; studying

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4:07 - Describing the agricultural community of Caldwell, Idaho

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Keywords: dehydrated potatoes; french fries; J.R. Simplot

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5:15 - Niseis joining the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) around 1938

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Keywords: diplomatic tensions; Japan; Japanese community; Tenchōsetsu (Emperor's Birthday)

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7:22 - Pearl Harbor and aftermath

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Keywords: confiscated property; curfew; Japanese American Citizens League (JACL); Japanese Americans Citizens Club (JACC); loyalty to America; railroad bridge

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11:53 - Incarcerees from Minidoka Concentration Camp released to do fieldwork and societal prejudices

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Keywords: "No Japs"; acceptance; dances; labor camp; laborers; racial discrimination; restrictions

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15:18 - Drafted into the Army in 1944 and basic training

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Keywords: 4-C; Camp Blanding; draft; marching; Salt Lake City; Selective Service System (SSS); smoking

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19:12 - Friends in the Army and challenge understanding Hawaiian Pidgin commander in the field

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Keywords: Able Company; Hawaiian soldiers; Lost Battalion; Mainland soldiers

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22:32 - Reverence for the original 100th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: bravery; friendliness; Hawaiian identity; Hawaiian soldiers; skill

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23:51 - Deployment in January 1945 and experience at sea

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Keywords: Glasgow; La Harve; Liverpool; Marseille; Paris; RMS Aquitania; seasickness; troopship

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25:37 - Experience in the heavy weapons platoon and traveling through Europe

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Keywords: 60mm mortars; ammo bearers; front lines; Italian language; Italians; riflemen

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