Partial Transcript: Charley discusses having dinner in New York. He stays at Camp Kilmer in New Jersey for four nights before going to Camp Beale in Sacramento, CA. There are issues at Camp Beale, and Charley left. He shares his stories of what happened.

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Keywords: 442nd; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Mainland; Nisei soldiers; post-war; Prisoners of War

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Partial Transcript: Charley talks about the issue at Camp Beale in the Mess Hall, and there is an investigation. As a result, Charley and a few others move out to the next Camp. He also talks about another issue that causes trouble.

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; 442nd; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; post-war; Prisoners of War

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Partial Transcript: Charley recalls the 442nd invited to a social gathering at Jerome. Charley lodges with the Hawaiian people in Jerome, and he meets a girl named Eva. Charley corresponds with her when he is overseas.

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; 442nd; Executive Order 9066; Hawaii; Hawaiian identity; incarceration; Japanese American soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: When Charley goes to New York, he meets a lady who knows Eva too. At Jerome, he wants to buy a box of candy for the kids, but he is only allowed to buy one pack of gum. He says Jerome feels like a concentration camp.

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; 442nd; correspondence; Executive Order 9066; Hawaii; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; racism; travel

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Partial Transcript: Charley says he is glad these camps are called concentration camps rather than relocation camps. He discusses reparations. Charley also has the opportunity to visit Rohwer. When Charley returns home from the war, he stays in Kauai for some time and then goes to Honolulu to go to a university. He studies applied science.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; education; Executive Order 9066; higher education; homecoming; Issei; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei; racism; reparations; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: For Charley to go to the University of Honolulu, he needs to get his high school diploma. The war started when Charley is a Senior in high school and is unable to complete the required course needed. However, he learns he can enroll in a Bachelor Arts program instead of on the GI Bill. On-campus, there are veteran's dormitories. He describes housing, living cost, and social life.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; high school; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: When Charley graduates from the University of Honolulu, his Issei parents are happy and proud. Charley's other brothers did not have the same opportunity to go to college because they went to war. At college, Charley meets his wife at a college social event. She is from Gila River.

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; 442nd; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; family; Gila River; Hawaii; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; siblings; social activities; wedding

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Partial Transcript: Charles discusses his wife. She is from a plantation on the big island of Hawaii. Her parents pass away from tuberculosis (TB) and move to Gila River to live with her aunt. She attends McKinley High School, and after high school, she attends the University of Honolulu and lives at Okamura Dormitory. Charley meets her at school, and they eventually marry.

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Keywords: family; Gila River; high school; higher education; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; wedding

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Partial Transcript: Charley and his wife have three sons. However, one son passes away at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida from a car accident. The two remaining sons are Glenn and Erwin. Glenn is married and has three sons and three stepdaughters. Erwin is single living in Los Angeles, CA. Charley recently becomes a great grandfather.

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Keywords: children; family; Nisei; post-war; Sansei; Yonsei

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Partial Transcript: When Charley's kids were younger, he takes them to Kauai to live with their Issei grandparents. Glenn's most memorable moment about Kauai is the outhouse. Charley's mother says that his kids and wife are the only ones that will stay on the plantation compare to his brother's and sister's family. He shares a story about the kids playing in the dirt.

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; Issei parents; Nisei; Nisei veterans; plantation; Sansei; Yonsei

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Partial Transcript: Charley explains the homes on the plantation and the demographic.

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; Issei; Issei parents; Nisei; Nisei veterans

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Partial Transcript: Charley discusses reconnaissance and minefield sweeping. For hot showers, the motor pool has the equipment to build a unit to take hot showers. The infantry got wind about the hot showers and takes away the unit to use for everyone. Charley recalls the shower in northern France.

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; 442nd; France; Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Mainland; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Charley discusses the shower in northern France. Depending on the season, Charley says your body sweats more. He also explains the difference between an engineer company versus the infantry.

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Keywords: 232nd Combat Engineer Company; 442nd; France; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Charley recalls being threatened by the plantation field supervisor for refusing to work due to the pay rate. Charley wants to confront him after the war. However, Charley lets bye-gone be bye-gone.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; family; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; plantation; racism; World War Two

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