Masaru Ishida oral history interview, part 2 of 5, June 29, 2002

0:00 - Traveling to incarceration camps; and discussing security at Tanforan

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Keywords: Assembly Centers; bus; guard; siblings; stables; train

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2:38 - Discussing Topaz Concentration Camp - first impressions; and security

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Keywords: guard; guns; Utah

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4:07 - Topaz II- living conditions; and recreational activities

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Keywords: barracks; baseball; dances; housing; wounded

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6:19 - Topaz III- discussing visitors; and Kibei

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Keywords: death; minister; truck

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8:44 - Discussing loyalty questionnaire; and getting drafted

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Keywords: Cleveland; employment; Issei parents; military service

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10:52 - Employment at war plant; and experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: "Jap"; Cleveland; hotel; housing; steel; tanks

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13:55 - Learning how to dance; and getting drafted II

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Keywords: class; father; Fort Douglas; high school; induction; sugar beets; Topaz

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16:13 - Correspondence with family while in Ohio; and traveling to Camp Shelby

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Keywords: cotton; letters; mother; sister

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17:40 - Discussing uniforms; weather at Camp Shelby; and learning about the 100th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: "chiggers"; 34th Division; Anzio Beach; cotton; humidity; Lost Battalion; material

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20:06 - Experiences during and after Camp Shelby; and relationship with Hawaiian soldiers

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Keywords: English; Fort Meade; pass; Pidgin; Queen Mary

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22:44 - Discussing furlough; and getting wounded overseas

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; Champagne Campaign; family; German weapons; machine gun; Topaz

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25:33 - Wounded II; furlough II; seeing mother post-war; and basic training

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; shrapnel; Topaz

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