Joseph Ushio Hamanaka oral history interview, part 2 of 3, November 17, 2007

0:00 - Discussing Puyallup Temporary Detention Camp; and Minidoka Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; sports

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3:10 - Discussing yearbook; and newspaper for Minidoka

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 9066; barracks; discrimination; Executive Order 9066; interment camp; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; prejudices; Shikata ga nai

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6:05 - Discussing military service; and loyalty questionnaire

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Keywords: "no-no boy"; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nikkei; Nisei; war

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8:44 - Recalling effects on family values

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Keywords: 9066; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; children; Executive Order 9066; family; interment camp; Issei; Nisei; war

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12:01 - Discussing sports; unity; and journalism

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; sports

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15:37 - Recalling length of time in camp; and service

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; basic training; Camp Blanding; draft; Issei parents; Japanese language school; Minidoka; Nisei; war

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17:50 - Recalling Camp Blanding; and Fort Douglas

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Hakujin; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei

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20:09 - Discussing 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Florida; and segregation

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Keywords: "colored"; Camp Blanding; furlough; Japanese Americans; Nisei soldiers

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23:21 - Discussing basic training

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Blanding; Fort Snelling; Japanese American soldiers; Minidoka; Nisei; war

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26:18 - Recall going to Fort Snelling; and turkey farm

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; nisei; war

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27:49 - Recalling school; and techniques of speaking Japanese

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Keywords: education; Fort Snelling; Japanese Americans; Japanese language school; Kanji; Nisei

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30:52 - Discussing Japanese Language school

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Keywords: basic training; Fort Snelling; Japanese American soldiers; marching; Nisei

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33:52 - Discussing Hawaiian soldiers; and going to Europe

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Keywords: basic training; Bruyeres-Biffontaine; Central Europe; Fort Snelling; Hawaiian identity; Mainland soldiers; platoon; Seattle

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36:47 - Recalling graduating from Fort Snelling; and furlough

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Central Europe; family; interment camp; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers

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39:54 - Discussing news of causality; and leaving overseas

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Keywords: interment camp; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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42:44 - Recalling San Pedro; Beer Island; and Manila

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Keywords: atomic bomb; invasion; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war

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45:47 - Discussing Manila, Philippines; and Japan

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; MIS; Nisei soldiers; war

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48:58 - Discussing duties in Japan

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Keywords: education; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; occupation; translation

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51:01 - Discussing information to Douglas MacArthur I

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Keywords: Hakujin; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; occupation; translation

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54:22 - Discussing information to Douglas MacArthur II; and children in Japan

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; occupation

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