0:43 - Family background and parental influence/ Christianity and religion

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Keywords: brother; Buddhist; business; Christian; church; family; father; graduate; Hawaii; Hiroshima; Honolulu; immigrate; Japan; Japanese; Kawahara store; language; mother; parents; religion; siblings; sister; teacher

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3:29 - Japanese identity and values growing up

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Keywords: attack; diversity; friends; ganbarre; Hawaii; identity; Japanese American; neighbors; Nisei; obligation; Pearl Harbor; responsibility; values

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6:34 - Education and academic history/ Commuting and working through school years

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Keywords: baseball; bicycle; businesses; commute; education; elementary school; high school; Honolulu; independent area; Issei; Japanese; Manoa; middle school; Nisei; parents; philosophy; plantation work; public school; school; school boy; sociology professor; sports; translation; tuition; tutor; university; values; Waipahu

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10:14 - Influential teacher, Hilo Hattie/ Japanese school education

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Keywords: Christian school; Clara Inter; elementary school; graduate; height; high school; Hilo Hattie; influence; instructor; Japanese language school; McKinley; mother; officer training; ROTC; teacher; teachers; university; Waipahu

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13:20 - Translation work for Dr. Lin at University of Hawaii/ Extracurricular activities

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Keywords: customs; drama; extracurriculars; folkways; graduation; isolation; Japanese; Japanese community; Japanese language; Kona; mandolin; marriage; mimeograph; mores; music; newspaper; OLS; Oriental Literature Society; part-time jobs; play; Professor Lin; sociology; traditions; translation; university; University of Hawaii

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16:59 - Finding a job in insurance/ Racial barriers in job search

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Keywords: 1941; active duty; American Mutual; Big 5; brokerage; career; graduation; insurance; Japanese; job search; John Hancock Insurance; National Mortgage; Nisei; plantation; racial discrimination; respect; retirement policies; salary; second draft; work

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22:01 - Basic training at Schoffield

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Keywords: 298th infantry; 299th National Guard; assignments; basic training; battalion; Boom Town; Colonel; Fern Turner; Jim Lovell; National Guard; Schoffield

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24:35 - Recollection of the Pearl Harbor attack/ Moment of trust

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Keywords: airplane identification; American; battalion; bombing; dive bomber; fear; field codes; fixed landing gear; intelligence corporal; Japan; Japanese; kanko; officer; Pearl Harbor; planes; practice; rising sun; safe; Schoffield; secret; Sunday; trust; United States; war; Wheeler Field

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27:23 - Distrust of Japanese among certain officers

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Keywords: acceptance; codes; friendly; General Robert Louis Stevens; Haole; Hawaiian; intelligence unit; Lovell; National Guard; officers; prejudice; trust; Turner

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29:19 - Thoughts during the Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: country; family; feeling; Issei; Japan; Japanese; origins; parents; planes; rising sun; secret codes; United States

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30:54 - John Iso and Kawahara's Excellence Award/ Teaching and forming translation teams

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Keywords: academic; buck sergeant; English; Excellence award; Hawaii; history; instructor; Japanese; John Iso; mainland; military; recruit; specialty; teams; tech sergeant; United states; vocabulary

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33:44 - Post- Pearl Harbor reactions/ Kaneohe Ranch and tension

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Keywords: 298th National Guard; cow; cows; December 7; flood; Hawaii; headquarters; Japanese; Kaneohe Ranch; Nisei soldiers; officers; paratroopers; Pearl Harbor attack; racial diversity; rain; relationship; rumor; Schoffield; soldiers; surveillance; tension; trigger happy; uprising

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38:31 - Tension and distrust within the military/ Segregation of Nisei soldiers

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 298th; 298th infantry; 4151: racial segregation; battalion officer; Buddha head; clerk; college graduates; Collins; colonel; commanders; distrust; Hawaii; higher education; infantry; inspection; Japanese soldier; Japanese-Americans; Japs; locals; Lovell; National Guard; Nisei soldiers; officer; oversized battalion; racial prejudice; reconnoiter; regiment; respect; rumor; submarine; support; suspicion; translation; trust

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44:20 - Transforming a water basin into a bath tub

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Keywords: bath; bath tub; hygiene; leave; Pearl Harbor; ranch; tension; training; World War II

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46:04 - Parents' reactions to draft and war

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; American citizens; brothers; community; defeat; draft; duty; elderly; family; father; Issei; Japan; MIS; morale; mother; parents; performance; soldier; un-American; war

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48:31 - Rumors of disarming Nisei soldiers/ Learning of orders to fight in the European Theater

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Keywords: 298th; 4c enemy alien; ammunition; arms; bandolier; discrimination; draft; European Theater; Fern Turner; Japanese; Japanese-American; May 1942; National Guard; Nisei soldiers; officers; racial segregation; Schoffield; service; weapons

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50:47 - Battle of Midway as a turning point

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Keywords: Battle of Midway; classified; connection; Ensign Gay; Hawaii; Japan; Japanese carriers; message; Midway; newspaper; Pacific theater; radio; raft; ruse; sinking; soldiers; survivors; torpedo squadron 8; turning point; water shortage

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53:45 - Morale of Hawaiian Nisei soldiers to being sent to the 100th

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; disembark; duty; education; fight; Go For Broke; Hawaii; Japanese; morale; observation; parents; positive outlook; pride; racial segregation; segregated unit; soldiers; survival; USS Maui; values

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59:07 - Traveling from San Francisco to Wisconsin

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Keywords: Arizona; California; Camp McCoy; desert; experience; mainland; Midwest; Minnesota; Mississippi River; open-minded; ROTC; San Francisco; soldiers; south; tour; train; uniform; USS Maui; welcoming; Wisconsin

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62:07 - Training, food, work, and life at Camp McCoy/Recruitment for MIS

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Keywords: 442nd; buck sergeant; buildings; Camp McCoy; communications; conversation; detail; division; education; English; English class; fishing; grading scale; guard duty; Hawaii; headquarters; interview; interviews; isolation; Japanese; kibeis; kitchen; KP; language school; message center chief; Minnesota; MIS; morning clerk; option; optional; permanent quarters; platoon; potatoes; promotion; qualified; radio; reading; recruit; recruiters; rice pudding; September; snow; summer; teamwork; telegraph; tents; test; training; translators; trout; voluntary; volunteer; weather; Wisconsin

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70:10 - MIS Language School at Camp Savage/ Photo album of classmates

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Keywords: album; calligraphy; Camp Savage; class; classmates; documents; Frank Hachia; Hawaii; Japan; Japanese to English; kyucho; language school; letters; military; non-commissioned; officers; photos; sergeant; teacher; top section; translation; tribute; University of Hawaii

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74:47 - Section 1 MIS training and translation/ Enemy strategy and tactics

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Keywords: applied tactics; captured; defense; German soldiers; interrogation tactics; Japanese military books; kindness; MIA; military regulations; MIS; missing in action; offense; POW’s; prisoners; Section one; strategic withdrawal; training; translation

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78:10 - MIS recruiting trip to Hawaii

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Keywords: 1944; assembly; conditions; elite; five stripes; Fujitani; Goto; graduate; Hawaii; Ideo; instructor; Japanese; Kashiro; MIS; Morimoto; rank; recruiting trip; recruitment; schedule; sergeant; service; study; T5; team; University of Hawaii

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82:10 - Interrogating at Honouliuli Prison Camp/ Truk Island's Japanese army strength/ Hawaiian civilians at Honouliuli

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Keywords: 1944; attack; cancel; civilians; Colonel Fielder; General rank; Guadalcanal; Honouliuli; interrogation; interrogation camp; invasion; Japan; Japanese school teacher; Korean battalion boys; Lieutenant General Watanabe; loyalty; military strength; obligation; officer Schafter; Okinawa; Pacific campaign; Pohnpei; Ponape; POW camp; principal; prisoners; release; Saipan; Tarawa; Truk Island; Ushijima; wife; Yamamoto sensei

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87:52 - Teaching the First Army officers about Japan and the Pacific Campaign/ Helping to set up the civilian government in Japan

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Keywords: 1945; active duty; auto battle; Camp Richie; Captain; civil servants; civilian government; classes; colonel; combat record; Europe; Fort Balin; Four star General; graduate; Hawaii; Japanese; Japanese units; language tested; Maryland; OCS; Okinawa; Pacific Theater; release; second lieutenant; study; tactics; TDY; top secret; VE Day; war; Washington DC

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