0:26 - Introduction -- Grew up in a foster home

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Keywords: childhood; family; foster home; New York City; sisters

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2:12 - Issei parents settled in New York City / Childhood -- Relationship with her two sisters

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Keywords: church; foster home; grammar school; high school; Japanese American community; public school; tuberculosis

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7:07 - Involvement with the Japanese Methodist Church / Attended Nursing School in New Jersey

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Keywords: December 7th; family; foster family; Issei parents; Pearl Harbor; religion; school; sisters; students

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10:07 - Friends of Japanese ancestry / Worked as a US Army Nurse -- Sent overseas to Korea

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Keywords: basic training; German Prisoners of War; hospital; Korea; New Jersey; New York; overseas; Philippines

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15:08 - Becoming a nurse -- Attending nursing school / Sent to Tokyo Army Hospital for appendix surgery

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Keywords: Fujiya Hotel; infirmary; Korea; R&R; Tokyo

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17:36 - Marriage ceremony at Tokyo Army Hospital / Husband was a Lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Service

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Keywords: ATIS; Captain; dual citizenship; Fujiya Hotel; Issei parents; Japanese citizenship; liaison

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21:12 - Returned to the States in 1952 -- Husband continued military service

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Keywords: civilian; daughter; Fort Meade; Issei parents; Japan; Maryland; Presidio Language School; US Army Hospital

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24:23 - Followed husband back to Tokyo, Japan / Reconnected with relatives in Japan

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Keywords: Annex; atomic bomb; daughter; firebombs; Japanese language; language barrier; Tokyo Army Hospital

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27:20 - Post-war destruction in Tokyo from firebombs

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Keywords: cigarettes; devastation; Japanese citizens; PX store

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