0:00 - Discussing leaving on a troop carrier; and going through Europe

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; France; Japanese American soldiers; London; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war

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3:14 - Discussing going to Marseille; and Nice for the outfit

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Keywords: Campaign; compay; France; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; platoon; rifle; siblings

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6:15 - Discussing landing in Italy;brother Henry first contact at Dachau; and brothers can not be in the same company

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Keywords: France; Germany; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; siblings; war

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9:23 - Discussing Kawano's passing; and being a litter bearer

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Keywords: battle; bomb; Camp Shelby; Campaign; casualty; company; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; rifle; war

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12:20 - Discussing last campaign; German soldiers retreating; and finding an Italian truck

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Keywords: company; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; rifle; Sergeant; war

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15:06 - Discussing Germans being processed in Milan; and reunions

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Keywords: company; Hawaii; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Lieutenant; Nisei; Nisei veterans; POW; Prisoners of War; reunion; war

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18:17 - Recalling when the war ended with Japan; and guarding army supplies

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Keywords: 9066; Executive Order 9066; executive orders; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Livorno; Livorno-Leghorn; Rome; squad

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21:09 - Discussing flying to Rome; and returning back to the United States

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Keywords: convoy; Harry S. Truman; Japanese American soldiers; Lieutenant; siblings

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24:01 - Discussing landing in New York; being discharge at Fort Sheridan, Chicago; and family's reaction

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Keywords: famring; farm; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; post-war; Sansei; siblings; wedding

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27:57 - Recalling farming on his own; joining his wife's family's farm; and separating with his wife

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Keywords: Nisei; Nisei veterans; Sansei

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30:30 - Discussing other employment after farming I

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Keywords: Nisei veterans; post-war

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33:27 - Discussing other employment after farming II

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Keywords: Nisei veterans; post-war

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36:11 - Discussing other employment after farming III

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei veterans; post-war

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38:42 - Discussing employment with the Sheriff

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei veterans; post-war

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40:50 - Discussing retirement; ex-wife; children; and grandchildren I

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; Sansei; Yonsei

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43:45 - Discussing the contribution the World War Two (WWII) Japanese American Veterans made

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Keywords: family; Nisei veterans; Sansei; Yonsei

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