0:06 - Introduction and parent's background
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Keywords: brother; business; carpentry; cock-fighting; English; family; farm; father; gardening; grapes; handyman; Hawaii; immigration; Japan; job; Kauai; mother; occupation; parents; picture bride; plantation; school; teacher; uncle; vineyard; wine; Yamuguchi Prefecture
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7:08 - Brothers and sister/ Japanese language school
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10:05 - Time at University of Hawaii and working part-time
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13:21 - On scene at the Bombing of Pearl Harbor/ Taxiing women and children to safety during attack
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19:34 - Post Pearl Harbor racial discrimination/ Employment as a merchant marine
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Keywords: apprentice seaman; assignment; Canton; destroyer; escort; fishing; Hawaii; inter-island ship; Japan; Japanese; job; military; mounted gun; passenger ship; Pearl Harbor; racial discrimination; sea legs; seasickness; ship; supplies; taxi; unemployed
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23:24 - Trips as a merchant marine in the Pacific
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28:06 - Taxiing in Hawaii/ Volunteering for the 442nd
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Keywords: brother; café; Charles Morita; Charlie’s Taxi; father; Ford; Hawaii; Hawaiian Electric; headquarters; high school; ill; Japanese; Kuai; lottery; mainland; mother; Nisei unit; parents; patriotic; post office; quota; Schoffield; sister; stand; Sullivan Brothers; unit; volunteer
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33:33 - Missing 442nd ship due to blood poisoning/ Japanese language test
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38:18 - Russell Islands for invasion preparations
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41:00 - April 1st invasion of Okinawa
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Keywords: anti-tank guns; army; Army 6th Division; cannons; division; family; fate; foot soldier; government; Hawaii; interpreter; invasion; island; Japanese; Kachin Peninsula; M1; marines; Okinawa; partner; sergeant; Sobe; south; weaponry; Yellow Beach 2
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43:59 - Checking caves for Japanese
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47:26 - Two-man invasion of a small Okinawan island
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50:53 - Receiving a Marine discharge as an Army soldier
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55:36 - Working in Occupied Japan with the military government/ Marriage and daughter
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Keywords: American; American citizen; army; “comfort women”; Birth Certificate; cigarettes; daughter; interrogation; Japan; Japanese language; Korean camp followers; marriage; military government; morale; Naha; navy; Okinawa; POW’s; prisoners; prostitutes; rebuild; rehabilitation; service; state department; wife
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58:50 - Training recruits at Schoffield for the Korean War
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62:13 - Cutting rifle butt and skirting court martial
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67:58 - Working for the Combat Information Center (CIC) in Hokkaido
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Keywords: 5th Infantry; assignment; buddhahead; CIC; civilian; concealed weapon; Hawaii; Hokkaido; intelligence units; Japan; Korea; Kyoto; military; military clothing; Okinawa; police; recruits; Sekki Sanjuro case; snub-nose 38; spy; staging ground; suit; Tokyo; Toyama; weapon
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72:17 - Seki Sanjuro spy trail
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74:18 - Working in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) in Tokyo
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Keywords: 51st MPCI; American citizen; black market; CIC; CIC headquarters; CID; CID agent; criminal investigation; Criminal Investigation Division; fingerprint; Fort Meade; Japanese; Korea; lie detector; Maryland; military; PX; refresher course; Sergeant first class; Tokyo; wife
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77:51 - Switching from the Army to the Air Force
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Keywords: Air Force; Air traffic control; Army; colonel; Colonel Sakakita; conventional flight; discharge; enlist; Hawaii; Hickam Personnel Office; housing; in grade; Japan; jet; military record; Miltary Air Transport; NCIC; OSI; papers; PCS; Pentagon; rank; retire; Schoffield Barracks; Shiroi Air Force Base; special investigations; Tachikawa; tech sergeant; wife
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84:53 - Service during the Vietnam War at Maguire Air Force Base
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86:06 - Post-retirement work with the Army Air Force Exchange
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Keywords: Army Air Force Exchange; discharge; E7 grade; Exchange Service; Fremont; Germany; Japan; Oakland; officer; officer’s privileges; opening; Pan American; pass; personnel; plane; position; ramp check; retirement; Tachikawa; temporary; test; weight and balances; Western Distribution Center
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89:21 - Photos from Mitsumori's service
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