0:00 - Introduction; father's background

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; California; Hiroshima; Issei parents; K Company; Riverside

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2:10 - Discussing family; father's life in Japan

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Keywords: Hiroshima; Indio; policeman; Riverside; siblings

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3:58 - Discussing mother's background

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Keywords: California; Hiroshima; Issei parents; picture brides

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5:47 - Discussing parents settling in Indio

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Keywords: Coachella Valley; farming; irrigation; Riverside; siblings

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8:15 - Discussing mother's family

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Keywords: farming; Honolulu; siblings; sister; travel

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9:51 - Discussing visiting Japan as a child

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Keywords: grandparents; Hiroshima; Japanese military; Osaka; relatives; Russia

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12:21 - Discussing Hiroshima circa 1933

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Keywords: living conditions; rice farming; rural communities

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14:16 - Describes father

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Keywords: discipline; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; policeman; radio; taciturn

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18:24 - Discussing languages spoken at home

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Keywords: English; Issei parents; Japanese language; translation

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21:34 - Discussing Japanese American culture in Coachella Valley

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Martial arts; religion

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24:00 - Discussing parents child rearing

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Keywords: Issei parents; Japanese identity and values; language; reserved

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27:05 - Discussing Protestantism in Japan

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Keywords: Christianity; Honshu; Nagasaki; Portuguese; sailors

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