0:00 - Feelings about being transferred out of original Army unit / The assembly of Japanese Americans soldiers in California into units

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Keywords: "shanghaied"; American identity and values; family; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; regulations; train; white zone

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7:50 - Rumors about a newspaper article on Japanese American soldiers / Going out on the town in Michigan

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Keywords: "Japs"; dating; gang; Japanese American soldiers

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8:50 - Garrison duty in Michigan / Further training and becoming a replacement soldier in Italy

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Blanding; Camp Shelby; garrison duty; military training; post commander; replacements

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12:09 - Conditions in Camp Shelby and seeing the racial divide in the South

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Keywords: race discrimination; racism; segregated unit; shoe shine

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14:30 - Being unable to affect racial conditions in the United States, thoughts turn to military duties

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Keywords: marriage; overseas; training

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15:23 - Recounting meeting and interactions with future wife / Time together with wife before leaving for overseas assignment / Taking on extra jobs to pay for marriage expenses

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Keywords: Army Day; brothers; extra jobs; marriage; Nisei; savings; trains; wife

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23:11 - Feelings about family when volunteering for the Army and then going to overseas combat assignment

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Keywords: "why we fight"; draft; mother; new timers; old timers; orders; volunteered

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27:25 - Relating to the new 442 boys in Italy / Not being able to form friendships because of being an attached element to a squad

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; attached; bazooka team; gang; Hawaiian soldiers; new timers; old timers

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