0:00 - Attended Japanese language school / Used to walk around barefoot in Hawaii

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Keywords: barefoot; basketball; camping; Issei; Japanese language school; kendo

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2:59 - Awareness of Japanese identity / Heard about Japanese concentration camps while at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: "internment camps"; Camp Shelby; concentration camps; Hakujin; Japanese identity; Jerome; Mainland; ministers; Rohwer; school teachers

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4:55 - Volunteered for U.S. Army from U.S. Engineering Department / Resolved issues with older brother before going to Camp Shelby / Surprised to return home alive

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Keywords: 442nd RCT; brothers; Camp Shelby; curfew; girlfriends; Haleiwa; machine gun; Mainland; Marshall Law; MP; Schofield Barracks; segregated unit; U.S. Engineering Department; volunteer for service

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9:57 - Assigned to L Company at Camp Shelby / Not allowed to go barefoot during basic training

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Keywords: barefoot; Camp Shelby; company; Hawaii; L Company; medics

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12:32 - First time leaving Hawaii -- Journey on Troop Ship / Train ride to Camp Shelby, Mississippi

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Keywords: Alabama; camouflage; Camp Shelby; Chicago; Iowa; Mississippi; Oakland; seasickness; Tennessee; train; troop ship; Utah

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16:09 - Basic training at Camp Shelby -- Long hikes, fear of snakes, water discipline

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Keywords: "chiggers"; basic training; Camp Shelby; Hakujin; Hawaiian Nisei; Hawaiian soldiers; hike; snakes; water discipline

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22:58 - Training to become a rifleman

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; machine gun; pistol; rifle; rifleman

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25:45 - Thought the Mainland Nisei were too "Haole"

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Keywords: "Katonk"; discrimination in the military; Hakujin; Haole; Mainland Nisei; Mainland soldiers; pidgin; race discrimination

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