0:14 - Parents’ birthplace, origin of first Chinese immigrants who worked on the railroad and in the mines, parents' Chinese names
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0:57 - Why mother and father left China for America, economic opportunity, Gold Mountain, journey to the United States, southeast United States, 1938, parents coming to New York in early to mid-twentieth century where they met, settling in Brooklyn, not having a big Chinese community in Brooklyn, Chinatown, father always being home, having dinner every night, father working in a sweatshop.
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5:00 - How Doug’s mother raised the kids, brother being responsible as a kid
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6:05 - Father being stoic, lessons learned from parents, Borough Park in Brooklyn, Orthodox Jewish community, careers, being a lawyer
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7:37 - Why parents left China, World War II, communism, father’s journey to the U.S. as a paper son, , traveling overseas on a boat by himself at 13, landing in Vancouver, going to Boston, Toy Ng “paper son”, immigration officer, grandfather, sponsoring, grandfather having asthma, father getting to New York City, Chinese laundry, not understanding emotions of father during hardships as an immigrant, father experiencing racism, baseball
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13:04 - Parents having dreams, father getting good grades, aspiration to get educated, financial aid, father wanted to do more, stockbroking, having his own business
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14:22 - Experience of father during WWII, draft, being interviewed for the draft, hard of hearing, mental health
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15:59 - How parents met, mother was introduced to father through a matchmaker, father helping his mother through difficult time, having kids after getting married, father staying at home to help, father would wash dishes
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18:11 - Parents being proud of their kids, going to a local public school, P.S. 103, Brooklyn Tech High School, parents were proud of Doug and his brother Ben.
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19:16 - Primary language spoken at home, mother speaking to Doug and his brother in Chinese, English being uncomfortable for his mother, father would always speak English to the kids, father being a quiet man, father being intellectual and reading many books, father having one friend, mother being very social every weekend
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22:08 - Loss of mother at a young age, mother passed when she was 44 and Ben was 15 and Doug was 13, cancer, Hepatitis, tough seeing mother dying, father being devoted to mother, father wanting to travel with his mother around the United States
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23:59 - Father acquiring diverse set of skills, father wanting to be helpful, father would help his boss with the boiler, father would help others with tax return forms, father being reflective and responsible, father loving his wife
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26:02 - Grandfather returning, father telling Doug about his American heroes, father reading about these characters when he was in high school in America, assimilating to the United States
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28:50 - Passing of his father, feeling sad, wanting to make life less difficult for his father
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30:15 - Remembering mother, mother being very vibrant and expressive
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