Takeso "Tak" Shintaku oral history interview, part 2 of 4, November 23, 2003

0:00 - Discussing basic training

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Keywords: Go For Broke; Japanese American soldiers; machine gunner; Nisei; racism

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3:04 - Discussing basic training II; and classification 4C

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Keywords: draft; enemy alien; injury; Japanese Americans; Pearl Harbor; war

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6:00 - Recalling Poston Concentration Camp and Salinas Temporary Detention Center

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; draft; employment; Executive Order 9066; Japanese Americans; war

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8:46 - Discussing the difference between Salinas and Poston

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Keywords: discrimination; Executive Order 9066; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Japanese Americans; living conditions

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11:32 - Discussing the value of money in camp; and made an air conditioner

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Executive Order 9066; Japanese Americans; Poston; racism; war

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14:31 - Recalling moving to San Juan Batista; and driver license

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Keywords: adolescent; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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17:31 - Recalling high school; and oldest son

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Keywords: Christianity; family; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Nisei

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20:04 - Discussing swimming; and religion

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Keywords: Buddhism; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; racism

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23:36 - Recalling parents religion; and Japanese School I

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Keywords: Buddhism; education; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; racism

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25:40 - Recalling parents religion; and Japanese School II

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; education; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei

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