Minoru Fujita oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 25, 2006

0:00 - Introduction

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Keywords: San Diego

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1:30 - Discussing parents' background

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Keywords: farming; Issei parents; produce; San Diego; Wakayama

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4:12 - Discussing siblings

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Keywords: brother; military service; MIS; sister

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6:31 - Discussing early education; San Diego

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Keywords: farming; primary school; rural communities; secondary education; sports

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9:38 - Discussing personal background; nickname, spouse, siblings

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Keywords: brother; childhood; sister; wife

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10:50 - Discussing childhood experiences and family

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Keywords: Boy Scouts; Christianity; farming; Issei parents; Japanese identity and values; Japanese language school

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13:43 - Discussing farming during the Great Depression

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Keywords: economic conditions; farm; labor; living conditions

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16:55 - Discussing his family's farm

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Keywords: car; immigrants; laborers; Mexico; neighbors; sports

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20:16 - Discussing life in Carlsbad circa 1930s

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Keywords: Alien land laws; farming; high school; Japanese Americans; labor; San Diego; siblings

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22:26 - Discussing military recruitment; relocation camp

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Keywords: Issei parents; military service; Poston; Santa Anita; siblings; volunteer

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24:32 - Discussing moving to Santa Anita

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Keywords: "evacuation"; living conditions; Poston; property; temporary detention centers

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26:23 - Discussing Poston Concentration Camp

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Keywords: employment; firefighter; living conditions

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28:54 - Discussing leaving concentration camp

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Keywords: Arizona; basic training; Camp Shelby; induction; military service; sentiment

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32:17 - Discussing recollections of Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Carlsbad; gardening; Japanese Americans; neighbors

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33:31 - Discussing training at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: basic training; church; humidity; infantry; physical exertion; rifle

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37:15 - Discussing Camp Shelby experience II

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Keywords: civilians; correspondence; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; military uniform; pass

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40:57 - Discussing military travel to Europe

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Keywords: Atlantic Ocean; convoy; east coast; Naples; Private First Class

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43:06 - Discussing arrival in Naples

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Keywords: civilians; France; fruit; injury; Italy; naval ship; Pisa; Rome

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46:53 - Discussing injury in Italy

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Keywords: artillery fire; enemy fire; German soldiers; helmet; shells; wound

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49:18 - Discussing military experience after injury; France

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Keywords: American soldier; civilians; family; French; friendship; marriage; Southern France

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52:09 - Discussing time in Germany

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Keywords: civilians; Germans; non-combatants

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