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Segment Synopsis: He explains his experience of being stationed in Africa. There they joined the 34th Division. They were later sent to Salerno, Italy. He describes their beachfront invasion.

Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 34th Division; Africa; Arabs; artillery; barge; boat; canned food; combat; Germans; Italy; mines; New York; platoon; prisoners of war; Salerno; sandstorm

Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion

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Segment Synopsis: He describes the scariness of combat. He also talks about the difficulty of talking to the families of those killed in action.

Keywords: artillery; combat; fallen comrades; family; killed in action; machine gun; parents

Subjects: Identity and values--Parents World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion

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Segment Synopsis: He gives a lot of credit to the infantry medics who were assigned to combat. He describes an instance when he was injured in combat and a dog kept him company while waiting for the medics to find him.

Keywords: barrage; casualties; cave flushing; combat; dog training; friend; medic; ration; wounded in action

Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion

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Segment Synopsis: He explains why the 100th Infantry Battalion were so effective during the war -- it was because of their extensive training.

Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; Pfc; replacements; teamwork; training

Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion

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Segment Synopsis: He describes how the hospitals during wartime were still promoting racial segregation between whites and blacks.

Keywords: black; hospital; racial discrimination; segregation; white

Subjects: Race and racism--Discrimination

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Segment Synopsis: He is asked about Colonel Young Oak Kim because they were in the same B Company. He talks about his commanding officers, who are two of the oldest Nisei veterans still alive.

Keywords: 2nd Platoon; 3rd Platoon; B Company; Camp Shelby; Colonel Young Oak Kim; commanding officer; overseas

Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion

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Segment Synopsis: He recaps a time when he got lucky that a piece of shrapnel did not hit him. He talks about the time when he and his company went two days without food; when Italian girls caught them bathing; and when they got diarrhea from eating grapes.

Keywords: bathing; chestnut; grapes; guard duty; helmet; Italian girls; ration; shrapnel; trench

Subjects: World War II World War II--Military service