George Aratani oral history interview, part 2 of 4, January 25, 2007

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0:00 - No real chance to completely take over father's businesses before Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: businesses; farming; partner conflicts; Stanford University; wholesale

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1:45 - Learning about the Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: Issei; Pearl Harbor; radio; rumors; war

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3:54 - The background story on Puritan Ice Company business partnership

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Keywords: agricultural produce; attorneys; ice company; interment camps; management fee; Pearl Harbor; railroad; shipping

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14:48 - The breakdown of the business relationship with the Puritan Ice Company / Selling the family business to the ice company / Recruitment by the US government to become a Japanese language instructor for the Military Intelligence Service

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Keywords: attorney; ice company; internment camp; Japanese American business; Japanese language; scare tactics; social pressures; war

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24:01 - Role as a Japanese language instructor for the Military Intelligence Service / The curriculum taught at school

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Keywords: captured documents; geography; Japanese language; Military Intelligence Service; speaking; translation; writing

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29:21 - Testing students at Camp Savage to determine language competency

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Military Intelligence Service Language School; students; testing

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31:46 - The early Japanese language classes at Camp Savage

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Japanese language; Kibei; Nisei; students to instructors

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33:41 - A typical day for students at language school

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Keywords: afternoon sessions; classes; evening studying; morning sessions; tutoring

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35:27 - Campaign assignments of his students / Maintaining relationships with his former students

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Keywords: Camp Savage; instructor; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Pacific Theater; students

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37:20 - Duration of teaching assignment at Military Intelligence Service Language School

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Camp Snelling; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Occupation of Japan; Presidio Monterey; Women's Army Corps (WAC)

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40:42 - The camps assigned to prior to becoming a Japanese language instructor / Getting married / Wife's poor Japanese food cooking skills

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Keywords: dentist; Gila River; marriage; Poston; Tulare; wife

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49:14 - The account of starting an import business after the war / Business partners / The goods being shipped

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Keywords: abalone; Hawaii; import business; Mikasa; Presidio Monterey; restaurants

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