0:00 - Discussing traveling to Kyoto and Nada

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Keywords: sightseeing; temple; train

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2:40 - Discussing visiting a Buddhist sacred spot; Kobo Daishi

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Keywords: Buddhism; jeep; Mount Koya; travel; Wakayama

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4:15 - Discussing travel regulations

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Keywords: documentation; Japanese American soldiers; linguist; military occupation

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5:25 - Discussing random experiences in Osaka

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Keywords: boating; headquarters; military occupation; politics

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7:14 - Describes traveling from Nagoya to Hawaii

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Keywords: colonel; delay; seasick; ship; train

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9:48 - Discussing hospital stay in Hawaii

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Keywords: "repple depple"; fever; surgery ward

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11:05 - Discussing parents visiting him in hospital; age

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; homecoming; reunion

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12:06 - Describes military jungle training and house-to-house training

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Keywords: basic training; firearms; Japanese American soldiers; rain

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15:19 - Discussing deployment to Saipan

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Keywords: Chamorro; civilians; Japanese; Japanese Imperialism; Korean; Marianas; military occupation

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17:54 - Discussing assignment in Saipan

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Keywords: civilians; food; living conditions; military occupation

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19:26 - Discussing interpreting in Saipan

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Keywords: civilians; hospital; medical officers; military occupation; POW

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22:07 - Discussing going to Iwo Jima

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Keywords: boat; cave flushing; Japanese soldiers; military supplies; suicide; sword

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24:24 - Discussing cave flushing assignment

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Keywords: Iwo Jima; military strategy

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25:59 - Cave flushing experience; POW injury

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Keywords: expolsion; Japanese soldiers; minefield

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28:54 - Describes U.S. Army engineers flushing caves

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Keywords: cave flushing; drowning; Japanese soldiers; ocean; water

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30:21 - Cave flushing experience; suicide attempt

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Keywords: grenade; interpreter; Iwo Jima; Japanese soldiers; suicide

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32:29 - Cave flushing experience; tactics and danger

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Keywords: American soldiers; gunfire; interpreter; Japanese soldiers; military police; rifle

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35:24 - Describes communicating with Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: cave flushing; interpeter; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese identity; MISLS

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37:20 - Discussing receiving Samurai sword

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Keywords: cave flushing; interpreter; Iwo Jima; Japanese soldiers; Major; suicide; surrender

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39:59 - Describes harrowing experience in Iwo Jima

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Keywords: cave flushing; gunfire; Japanese soldiers

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43:53 - Discussing Nisei participation in World War 2

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Keywords: Haole; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese language; linguists; military occupation

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46:29 - Discussing his legacy

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Keywords: descendants; family; language; multilingualism; war stories

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47:56 - Discussing his life post-war

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Keywords: children; civilian; marriage; military personnel; Nisei veterans

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