0:00 - Introduction; his experience in Japan circa 1930

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Keywords: childhood activities; family; Issei parents

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3:07 - Discussing discrimination he faced in Japan

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Keywords: discrimination; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values

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4:39 - Discussing his elementary education in Japan

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Keywords: childhood activities; discrimination; primary school

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6:16 - Discussing his clothing and traveling alone in Japan

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Keywords: cultural heritage; Japanese language; train; travel

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9:23 - Describes some of his time in Osaka and Tokyo

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Keywords: hospital; mother; primary school; tutor

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11:58 - Describes his cultural experience in Japan

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Keywords: cultural heritage; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Japanese language

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14:16 - Describes cultural values in Japan circa 1930

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Keywords: cultural heritage; Japanese identity and values; rural communities; urban communities

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18:07 - Discussing his return to United States

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Keywords: boat; childhood; Issei parents; travel

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21:24 - Discussing the end of World War 2

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Keywords: atomic bomb; invasion; Philippines

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23:47 - Discussing his assignment in occupied Japan

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Keywords: Kyoto; landing craft; Osaka

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26:07 - Describes landing in Japan

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Keywords: headquarters; military occupation; Osaka; Sixth Army

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28:28 - Discussing an incident with a mayor of a city

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Keywords: Japanese identity and values; military occupation; translation

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30:42 - Discussing how the Japanese citizenry aided military forces

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese identity and values; military occupation

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34:42 - Discussing the cooperative temperament of Japanese citizens

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese identity and values; military occupation

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38:43 - Discussing the cooperative temperament of Japanese citizens II

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese identity and values; military occupation

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41:40 - Describing the linguists in his crew

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Keywords: interpreter; Japanese Americans; military occupation; Nisei soldiers; translator

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43:17 - Describing his job in occupy Japan

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Keywords: interpreter; military occupation; translator

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46:54 - Discussing difference between interpreting civilians and soldiers

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese identity and values; Nisei soldiers; POW

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48:35 - Describing his assignment in Kyoto

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Keywords: military occupation; translator; travel

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52:14 - Describes how Japanese towns responded to occupation

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese identity and values; military occupation

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