0:00 - Recall boxing; High School graduation; Community College; and mechanic

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Keywords: employment; Hawaiian soldiers; higher education; Japanese Americans; Sansei

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2:24 - Discussing Civilian Conservation Corps; Supply Sergeant; and prewar in Maui

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Keywords: dances; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Sansei; social activities

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5:44 - Discussing Pearl Harbor attack; military restrictions; and volunteer for service

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; blackouts in war; curfew; family; friendship; Hawaii; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei; war

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9:02 - Discussing parents' reaction to service; upbringing; church; and samurai sword

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Keywords: childhood; Christianity; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; plantation; Sansei

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12:14 - Recalls Father's samurai sword; join military; inductions; and going overseas

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; draft; family; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Nisei; Sansei

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16:00 - Discussing sugar mill party; Schofield Barracks; and parade

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); basic training; Camp Shelby; friendship; Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Sansei

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19:23 - Discussing Camp Shelby; K Company; infantry training; and physical height

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Keywords: combat; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Mainland soldiers; rifle; Sansei

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22:02 - Recall training; direct and indirect fire; and K Company soldiers

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Shelby; company; foxhole; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Mainland; platoon; Sansei

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25:01 - Discussing reunions; Pidgin English; New Orleans; and Mainland

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Keywords: "katonk"; basic training; Camp Shelby; Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; K Company; Mainland soldiers; Nisei; Sansei; travel

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