0:01 - Introduction and pre-war occupation

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Keywords: 1917; 1924; 1939; 1943; carpenter; dangerous; Defense Project; Dole Company; English; graduation; Hawaii; high school; hybrid; Japanese elementary school; Kaneohe; move to Japan; naval project; oil storage tank; parents; pineapple; Red Hill; steel rigger; sugar strike; underground; volunteer; Wahiawa; war; Yamaguchi

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5:40 - Kawamoto's parents and older brothers

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Keywords: 1909; boarding house; brother; conscripted; deceased; Defense Project; entrance test; father; FBI; government; Hawaii; Hisaichi; Japan; Japanese Language School; Japanese school teacher; meals; military; mother; Noboru; quit; siblings; sister; smart; termite; Tokyo; Tsuru; Wahiawa; war; Waseda University

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9:48 - Activities and games growing up

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Keywords: baseball; baseball manager; bat; broomstick; bus games; corkball; curve ball; discipline; football; hobbies; Honolulu Interscholastic League; Japanese language school; Japanese school; Judo; Kamehameha; Kendo; Peewee; ping pong ball; pitch; Piwi; Saturday; school activities; softball; toys; values; Wahiawa

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13:55 - People who influenced Kawamoto growing up

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Keywords: algebra; anthem; apply; “Finicky Love”; college; discharged; discipline; engineering school; French; French language; geometry; grade; grade school; helpful; high school; math teacher; Ms. Finn; optometrist; optometry college; parents; slap; songs; strict; study; teacher; teaching; trigonometry; values; waiting list

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18:19 - The bombing and effects of Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: 1939; 1943; anti-aircraft; badge; battleship; birds-eye view; bombing; bombs; burning; Defense Project; FBI; fired; guards; hard hat; interview; Japanese; military; misfire; Pearl Harbor; planes; reaction; smoke; special pass; straffed work place; straffing; sub-base; supervisor; tunnel; volunteer; Wahiawa; work; worry; yelling

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22:54 - Changes after the start of the war

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Keywords: afraid; backyard; brother; bury pictures; change; confiscate; consequences; family; FBI; interview; Issei parents; Japan; Japanese; life; older; radios; short-wave; taken; war; work

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25:09 - Reactions to and reasons for enlisting in the army

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Keywords: advice; army; come back; do your best; draft; eligible; enlist; join; marriage; obligation; older brother; parents; represent family; restrictions; sickly; training; volunteer; work

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