Shojiro Tom Taketa oral history interview, part 1 of 6, June 5, 2005

0:00 - Parents backstories and early life in Florin, California

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Keywords: Hiroshima; immigration; Japan; marriage; vineyard

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3:00 - Parents backstories continued, family vineyard, and Marysville, California

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Keywords: Chico; cook; farming; foreman; siblings

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6:00 - Marysville, California continued and the Great Depression

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Keywords: Family business; Japanese Americans; Japanese language school; shoe repair; siblings

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9:00 - Father, schooling, and extended family

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Keywords: Discrimination; farm; immigration; primary school; sibling

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12:00 - Extended family continued, family vineyard continued, and fathers personality

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Keywords: Childhood activties; farming; produce; prunes; siblings

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15:00 - Fathers personality continued and storytelling

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Keywords: Cultutral heritage; Japanese identity and values; judo; kata karate; Samurai

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18:00 - Storytelling continued and values from father

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Keywords: 47 Ronin; cultural heriatge; film; Samurai; Seppuku

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21:00 - Values from father continued and relationships with parents

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Keywords: BB gun; discipline; Japanese identity and values; proverb; siblings

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24:00 - Relationships with parents continued, mothers personality, and health

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Keywords: Discipline; immunity; pneumonia; religion; steam

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27:00 - Health continued and mothers personality continued

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Keywords: Antibodies; discipline; immunity; Japanese identity and values; siblings

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