Partial Transcript: Janice briefly discusses her mother's childhood meals at home and that they had a happy home life. Janet adds her grandmother raises chickens. Janet and Janice say their grandmother is big on celebrating New Year and birthdays. Janet recalls her mother mentioning her mother adopted all of the American holidays and celebrations. Even though they did not have much money they still celebrated special occasions. The family is Buddhist, and they would celebrate Easter. Their grandmother also has a Butsudan. Janet and Janice explain what a Butsudan is.

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Keywords: Buddhism; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; living conditions; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: After Janice's mother leaves Manzanar, she finds a job in Madison, WI, as a surgical nurse. In Madison, she meets Janice's father, Albert Yokoyama, who is in the 100th Battalion. Janice's father is from Honolulu. Janet adds her grandmother is recovering from health issues and camp.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Camp McCoy; dating; employment; Hawaii; Issei; Japanese identity and values; Mainland; Manzanar; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: Janice's mother is a surgical nurse in Manzanar, and she recalls some of her mother's stories. Janet says the Japanese Americans made the most out of the situation o being in camp. Janice also says her mother remembers the guard tower and the riflemen the most at Manzanar. Janet says their grandmother never talked about the camp experience, nor did Janet ask her about camp. Their grandmother wanted to study music and likes to sing, but that never happens. Janet and Janice's grandmother passed away in 1965.

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Keywords: "evacuation"; discrimination; education; Executive Order 9066; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; travel; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Janice says it was a big event when their grandmother becomes a naturalized American citizen in the late 1950s. Janet believes their grandmother wanted to be a citizen because of Sadao. Janice recalls traveling to the mainland to visit the family. In September 1965, Janet moved to Torrance, CA, and her grandmother comes to visits her. Janet discusses her grandmother's health condition.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; family; Issei; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: Janet recalls coming back to the United States after living in Japan and relearning English. She has to learn from her grandmother, and they go to a tutor together. At their grandmother's house, Janet only remembers seeing uncle Sadao's photograph.

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Keywords: family; Issei; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; photographs

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Partial Transcript: Janice recalls hearing stories about uncle Sadao from her mother. Janice's mother has happy stories about Sadao except for one. On a hot day, Sadao wants to go swimming and goes to the community swimming pool. However, he shortly comes back because he is not allowed to swim. Janice believes the family lives in Glendale, CA, at that time. In a center in Italy, Sadao's name is engraved as Sadao "Spud" Munemori. Sadao gets the nickname "Spud" because he likes potatoes.

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Keywords: childhood activities; discrimination; family; Issei; Italy; Japanese Americans; Nisei; siblings

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Partial Transcript: Janice says there is a difference between the Mainland Nisei and Hawaiian Nisei with their dialect. Janice says Stanley only knows Sadao during wartime. Stanley shared a story when they were in Italy climbing a mountain. Stanley and Sadao are close buddies. Growing up, Janice knows her uncle Sadao is a war hero and dies in Italy. At the time, he is the only Japanese American to receive the Medal of Honor. Later the Japanese Americans are upgraded to receive the Medal of Honor through the efforts of Senator Daniel Akaka.

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Killed in Action; Medal of Honor; Nisei; Nisei soldiers

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Partial Transcript: Sadao is the only Japanese American during wartime to be selected to receive the Medal of Honor. Janice says Sadao wanted to save his friend in the war. Janice's mother does not talk much about the war. Janice wants to pass the story to her daughter but not dwell on the war. Oral history is valuable to document family history. Janice explains her feeling of sharing her uncle Sadao's story.

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Keywords: family; friendship; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Killed in Action; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; World War Two

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