0:00 - Introduction; discussing siblings; and growing up in Salinas

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Keywords: artichoke; California; cattle ranch; MIS

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1:56 - Discussing parents; and father's employment

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Keywords: bar; immigration; Japan; marriage; Vancouver

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4:27 - Father's employment II; and father's personality

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Keywords: brother; cattle; death; lettuce; rent

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6:28 - Discussing mother's physical traits, personality, and employment

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Keywords: brother; death; father; miso; short; store

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8:40 - Attending Japanese language school; and church

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Keywords: Boy Scouts; Buddhist; chores; school; teacher; walk

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11:12 - Discussing discrimination; childhood friendships; and relationship with siblings

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Keywords: death; Japan; San Jose; school; teacher

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14:34 - Church II; and Boy Scouts participation

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Keywords: Buddhism; camping; Nisei; religion; reverend; Scoutmaster; work

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17:09 - Childhood dog; and high school sports

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Keywords: "evacuation"; baseball; basketball; farmer; football; Nisei; pets; Poston

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20:05 - High school sports II; and attending junior college

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Keywords: electronics; friend; parents; Pearl Harbor; radio; school; shipyard; track

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22:28 - Attack on Pearl Harbor and leaving belongings behind

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Keywords: "evacuation"; barn; family; pictures; radio

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24:17 - Forced removal to Salinas temporary detention facility; and traveling to Poston Concentration Camp

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Keywords: barracks; fairgrounds; family; living conditions; train; weather

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27:18 - Poston II- living conditions; weather; and kitchen duty

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Keywords: barracks; block; children; cots; family; sleep

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30:23 - Poston III-living conditions II

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Keywords: barracks; cot; newspaper; room; snake; weather

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33:03 - Poston IV-kitchen duties II; and volunteering for work in Nebraska

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Keywords: beet; block; chef; field; money; mother

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36:00 - Nebraska II; and returning to Poston

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Keywords: beet; family; farmer; farming; field; food; living conditions; milk; money

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38:44 - Returning to Poston II; volunteering for the Army; and traveling

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Keywords: Cincinnati; Denver; family; friend; interview; mother; sister; soldier

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41:46 - Getting a job prior to Army service

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Keywords: Army; Camp Blanding; Denver; Fort Logan; Japanese American; Jewish; Poston; repair

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44:40 - Experiences at Camp Blanding; and being sent to Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)

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Keywords: basic training; Florida; Fort Snelling; gun; Minnesota; office

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47:03 - Experiences at MISLS; and getting married

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Keywords: classes; Company C; language; Major Aiso; overseas; study; wedding

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50:06 - Getting married II; and meeting wife

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Keywords: chapel; Company C; Denver; family; Fort Snelling

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51:58 - Graduating MISLS; and traveling to the Aleutian Islands

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Keywords: friend; hunger; Navy; overseas; San Pedro; seasick; ship

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54:35 - Experiences in the Aleutian Islands; and traveling to Bikini Atoll

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Keywords: Alaska; Caucasian; Navy; sailor; ship; weather

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