0:00 - Lieutenant killed in action first night of battle / Escaped German attack at Arno River / Barrage at Leghorn

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Keywords: Arno River; artillery; barrage; battle; Belvedere; enemy line; field artillery; German soldiers; Hill 140; killed in action; Leghorn; Lieutenant; machine gun

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6:39 - Grenade fishing in Vada, Italy / Mine demonstration that went awry

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Keywords: bivouac; company; dog tags; fishing; Italy; Vada; vineyard

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9:31 - Daily patrols used to scout enemy lines / Hill 140 -- Comrade killed in action

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Keywords: German soldiers; Hill 140; Italy; K Company; killed in action; patrol; replacement; trench foot; wounded in action

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12:57 - Took supplies from dead German soldier / Wounded in action -- Awarded a Purple Heart

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Keywords: engineer; field hospital; foxhole; France; German soldiers; Hakujin; Haole; machine gun; Marseilles; Nisei soldiers; Purple Heart; wounded in action

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17:12 - Given the nickname "Papoose" / Soldiers sold items on the Black Market

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Keywords: Black Market; cigarettes; Italy; Naples; nickname; Prisoners of War; wounded in action

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21:34 - German prisoners of war caught eating raw bacon / One German POW was an Olympic swimmer

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Keywords: Alabama; Camp Shelby; convoy; German soldiers; peanuts; POW; Prisoners of War; swimming

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24:13 - Friend killed in action in mine field -- Visited his family in Hawaii

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Keywords: "bouncing Betsy"; box mine; casualty; killed in action; Lieutenant; mine; wounded in action

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26:32 - Tree bursts caused by mortar shells / "Bouncing Betsy" mines created by the Germans

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Keywords: "Bouncing Betsy"; artillery fire; Bruyeres; German soldiers; mortar shells; tree bursts

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