0:00 - Introduction; childhood home

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Keywords: Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; Hilo; Shinmachi

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3:19 - Describes childhood Hawaiian neighborhood; Shinmachi

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Keywords: childhood activities; gangs; living conditions; slums; tsunami

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7:31 - Discussing father's background

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Keywords: employment; Hiroshima; immigration; Issei

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8:20 - Discussing father's fishcake business

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Keywords: employment; factory; food

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11:01 - Discussing nine siblings

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Keywords: brothers; death; draft; sisters

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12:36 - Discussing father's death in 1948

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Keywords: alcohol; dementia; easy going; FBI; Issei parents; surveillance

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14:32 - Discussing mother's background

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Keywords: discipline; employment; factory; housewife; Issei parents; Yamaguchi

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15:33 - Describes childhood family home life

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Keywords: Buddhism; English; Issei parents; Japanese; language; pidgin

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18:06 - Discussing siblings; names and birth order

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Keywords: brothers; children; draft; Hawaiian Nisei; K Company; marriage; sisters

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20:32 - Discussing schooling in Hawaii; English only language

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Keywords: Hawaiian; high school; Japanese language school; language; secondary school

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23:29 - Discussing native Hawaiians in neighborhood

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Keywords: childhood activities; children; Hawaiian identity; sports; teachers

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26:12 - Discussing early adulthood; Hawaiian Martial Law

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Keywords: curfew; Honolulu; living conditions; Martial Law; radio; territorial guards; World War Two

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