Harry Kuga and Bianca Kuga oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 11, 2006

0:00 - Joining the Army

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Shelby; chiggers; drafted

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2:44 - Joining the Army II

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Earl Finch; Hattiesburg; Mississippi

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5:46 - Camp Shelby

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Keywords: "katonk"; Ken Okamoto; ukulele

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8:58 - Camp Shelby II

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Keywords: "katonk"; basic training; boxing

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11:58 - Camp Shelby III

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Keywords: American concentration camp; Arkansas; boxing; Rohwer

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14:58 - Visiting Rohwer Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Arkansas; incarceration camps; politics

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17:45 - Discussing political figures

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Easy company; Medal of Honor; Senator Daniel Inouye

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20:33 - Discussing political figures II

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Keywords: Patsy Mink; Senator Sparky Matsunaga

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21:44 - Specialty in the Army

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Keywords: BAR; Browning Automatic Rifle; machine gunner

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24:40 - Experiences in the war

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Keywords: gambling; Po Valley

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27:46 - Shipment overseas

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Apennine Mountains; Camp Shelby; Maginot Line; Maryland

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30:57 - War experiences II

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Bruyeres-Biffontaine

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34:00 - War experiences III

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Keywords: Champagne campaign; Gothic Line and Po Valley; Livorno-Leghorn; Normandy

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36:58 - War experiences IV

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Keywords: bouncing betty; Gothic Line; weapons

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39:57 - War experiences V

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Keywords: 88; weapons

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42:41 - War experiences VI

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Partial Transcript: 45:00 sensitive/graphic subject

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Keywords: Colorado; George Kawano

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45:53 - Gothic Line

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Keywords: Po Valley; prejudice

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48:44 - Being Japanese American in the Army

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Keywords: brotherhood; prejudice

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49:52 - Massa-Carrara

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Keywords: combat; Italy

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52:53 - Massa-Carrara II

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Keywords: combat; Frank Sinatra; Jinx Falkenburg; Lecco; Marilyn Maxwell; Mussolini

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