0:00 - Basic training at Camp Shelby -- Part of Company S of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Segment Synopsis: He describes his basic training at Camp Shelby.
Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Army food; basic training; Camp Savage; Camp Shelby; machine gun; Mississippi; rifle; S Company
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
5:11 - Returned to Camp Savage -- Interpretted Japanese radio broadcasts
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Segment Synopsis: After basic training, Ken was sent back to Camp Savage to be assigned into teams.
Keywords: Camp Anza; Camp Savage; General MacArthur; hapa; interceptions; Japanese broadcasts; Kibei; leisure time; Liberty ship; Morse code; school teachers
Subjects: World War II--Military service
6:33 - Kept in touch with friends and family / Team members he shipped out with / Shipped out on a Liberty Ship
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Segment Synopsis: Due to extra leisure time, he was able to correspond with family and friends back in the camps, as well as friends in the service. He describes the guys who were part of his team. They were finally shipped out -- he describes the type of ship they were put on.
Keywords: Camp Anza; Camp Savage; concentration camp; correspondence; family; friends; Liberty Ship; military service; New Year's; overseas; team members; Wilmington
Subjects: World War II--Concentration camps
12:13 - Stories from journey aboard Liberty Ship
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18:31 - Message of attacks from Japanese submarines caused re-route to India
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Segment Synopsis: He describes the different places they landed overseas. Their assigned destination was India.
Keywords: Australia; Burma; convoy; India; Japanese submarines; Office of War and Information; propaganda; Sri Lanka
Subjects: Japan--Military World War II--Military service
21:49 - Interrogated Japanese prisoners of war for information used for Propaganda / Japanese soldiers never believed to become prisoners of war
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Segment Synopsis: He talks about the propaganda project that his team worked on. He describes his particular job within the propaganda project -- interrogating Japanese POWs for information. He also explains the ethic behind the Japanese army in regards to becoming prisoners of war.
Keywords: Geneva Convention; interrogate; Japanese language; Japanese prisoners; Japanese soldiers; Pacific Theater; POWs; prisoners of war; propaganda; propaganda leaflets
Subjects: Japan--Military World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service World War II--Propaganda--U.S. Government Propaganda