Harley Fujimoto oral history interview, part 2 of 3, April 21, 2006

0:00 - Describes high school graduation; 1941

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Keywords: ceremony; farming; rural communities; secondary education

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1:42 - Discussing details about farming; and longevity

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Keywords: health; labor; produce; siblings

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3:27 - Discussing post-high school plans; war outbreak

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Keywords: draft board; farming; higher education; Japanese identity and values; siblings

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4:55 - Recollections of Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: Colorado; draft; farming

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7:50 - Discussing how he felt about the war

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Keywords: Americanism; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; race relations

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10:09 - Discussing special neighbors; the Greenwalds

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Colorado; friendship

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11:35 - Discussing the governor of Colorado; Ralph Carr

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; monument; politics; race relations

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13:12 - Discussing the impact of "evacuation" on Japanese Americans

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Keywords: California; Executive Order 9066; Oregon; property loss; race discrimination; United States Army internment camps

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15:34 - Discussing military service; his and his brother's

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Shelby; commanding officer; draft; Fort Logan; injury; race discrimination; siblings

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17:58 - Discussing his grandparents who lived in America

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Keywords: artisan; cigarettes; farming; grandparents; Japanese identity and values

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22:01 - Describes his father's work day; sunrise to sunset

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Keywords: farming; horses; Issei parents; meals

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23:30 - Discussing his military training; MISLS

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Keywords: Fort Snelling; Military Intelligence Service Language School

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26:21 - Discussing MISLS; Fort Snelling

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Keywords: barracks; Japanese language; living conditions; Military Intelligence Service Language School

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30:03 - Describes class details; MISLS

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Keywords: Caucasian; Japanese language; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Nisei

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32:35 - Discussing free time from MISLS; pass time

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Minneapolis; Nisei soldiers; social activities

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34:14 - Discussing visiting a local family; rations

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Keywords: coupons; friendship; military exchange; Minneapolis; race relations

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38:35 - Discussing his military service after Fort Snelling

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Keywords: California; living conditions; Philippines

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42:20 - Discussing traveling through a typhoon; end of World War Two

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Keywords: Kaiser ship; Pacific Ocean; travel; weather

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44:09 - Describing the typhoon

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Keywords: Kaiser ship; mines; navigation; Philippines; seasick; turbulence

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46:26 - Discussing his work in Occupied Japan; Mokpo, South Korea

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Keywords: interpreter; Seoul; Tokyo; train

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48:24 - Discussing his assignment in Mokpo; deporting Japanese nationals

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Keywords: marriage; military occupation; property loss; South Korea

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51:05 - Discussing property Japanese nationals had to leave in Korea

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Keywords: cultural heritage; kimono; Minneapolis; obi

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52:31 - Discussing his experience in South Korea; housing and security

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Keywords: food; living conditions; Philippines; racism

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55:15 - Discussing other interpreting assignments; standing up to commanding officer

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Keywords: interpreter; military training; MISLS

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