0:00 - Japanese American community in New York

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Keywords: California; church; ethnic Japanese; Gardena; Japanese families; Los Angeles

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2:24 - Difference between East Coasters and West Coasters / "Shikata ga nai"

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Keywords: East Coast; Issei parents; Italian Americans; Japanese culture; Nisei; West Coast

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5:15 - Growing up within the Asian American stereotype

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Keywords: disciplined; education; elementary school; Issei parents; Nisei; students; teacher; values

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7:56 - Post-Pearl Harbor attack -- FBI searched grandparent's house / Positive reinforcement at school

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Keywords: American citizen; grandfather; high school; immigrants; missionaries; principal; support from non-Japanese community; violation of civil rights

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13:09 - Playing high school football / Close relationship with childhood friend

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Keywords: childhood friends; father; friendship; sports

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16:41 - Dating non-Japanese American girls

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Keywords: American GI; Asian American; Japan; mother; occupation; physical differences

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20:34 - Father's pre-war political awareness -- Wanted to return to Japan

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Keywords: economic sanctions; Japanese battleships; Military Intelligence Service; oil embargo; politics; pre-World War II; President Roosevelt

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23:55 - Rejected from joining the U.S. Navy

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Keywords: American of Japanese ancestry; discrimination in the military; Naval Aviation; rejection; U.S. Navy; V-12 Test

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25:40 - Response to Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: "Japs"; church; December 7th; newspaper headline; radio broadcast

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