0:00 - Discussing prefecture origin; and familial description

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Keywords: farm; farming; Nisei parents; Sacramento; Sansei

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3:06 - Discussing fruit farm; Father's personality; and Founder of Buddhist Church

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Keywords: Buddhism; farming; Japanese Americans; religion; Sansei

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5:50 - Discussing Father's funeral; and Mother's personality

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Keywords: basketball; farm; Japanese Americans; Nisei parents; sports; wedding

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8:21 - Recalling duties on the farm; and illegal immigrant helpers

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Keywords: adolscent; childhood activities; farming; Japanese Americans

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11:02 - Recalling living conditions; Depression Era; and boxing fruits

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Keywords: adolescent; farm; farming; Nisei; Sansei

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13:45 - Recalling Grammar School; discrimination; and stereo types

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Keywords: Auburn; California; commuity; education; high school; Japanese Americans; race discrimination; Sansei; siblings; sports

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17:36 - Recalling racial divide in High School; friendship; sports; and Berkeley University

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Keywords: California; camp; higher education; Japanese Americans; Sansei

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20:12 - Recalling Berkeley; graduation High School; December 7; and relocation order

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Keywords: 9066; assembly center; bomb; dating; Executive Order 9066; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Pearl Harbor; relocation centers; Topaz; Tule

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23:06 - Recalling farm property ownership

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Keywords: 9066; camp; community support; enemy alien; Executive Order 9066; family; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; relocation centers

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26:05 - Discussing community support; and Grandfather unofficial Mayor

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Keywords: "evacuation"; church; community leaders; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Sansei

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28:23 - Recalling camp life in Topaz

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Keywords: "evacuation"; 9066; education; enemy alien; Executive Order 9066; Japanese Americans; living conditions; sports; Utah

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31:00 - Discussing three years in camp

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Keywords: 9066; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Executive Order 9066; friendship; Japanese Americans; Nisei parents; Sansei; sports; war

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33:56 - Recalling leaving camp; starting High school; and enlisting

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Keywords: family; farm; farming; Japanese Americans; Sansei

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36:55 - Recall joining the air force; Korean War; and pilot school

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Army Air Corps; Japanese American

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40:30 - Recalling basic training; Clearfield, Utah; and Tokyo, Japan

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Keywords: barracks; Fort McClellan; Japanese Americans; military occupation; rifles; Sansei

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43:07 - Discussing Tokyo; Guidance Council; and military power

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Korean War; military occupation; Sansei

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46:15 - Recall organizing luau; Korean War; Hawaii Guys; ans swim team

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Keywords: Hawaiian identity; Japanese Americans; Sansei; sports

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49:07 - Discussing Tokyo, Japan; discrimination; and occupation

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese Language School; linguistics; race discrimination; Sansei; World War Two; WWII

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53:10 - Discussing length of time in Japan; college; and computer occupation

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Keywords: employment; higher education; Japanese Americans; post-war

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56:14 - Discussing 1967 in Washington DC; and Data Processing Specialist

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Keywords: employment; Japanese Americans; Sansei; travel; war

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