0:00 - Lucky to be part of the 2,500 recruits from Hawaii / Socioeconomic hierarchy in Hawaii
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5:06 - Culture shock -- Hawaiian Nisei's reaction to "Katonks" / Cultural differences between Hawaiian and Mainland soldiers
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Keywords: "Jap"; "Katonk"; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; American GIs; barbed wire; Buddahead; Camp Shelby; concentration camp; cultural differences; culture shock; Daniel Inouye; Haole; Hawaii; Hawaiian identity; Hawaiian Nisei; Hawaiian soldiers; Hung Wai Ching; Japanese American soldiers; Mainland Nisei; Mainland soldiers; Nisei; Non-Commissioned Officer; PX store; respect; Rohwer
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12:36 - Experience visiting the concentration camps
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14:28 - Assigned to the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion
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16:23 - Basic artillery training at Camp Shelby -- Easier than infantry training / Those in VVV killed in action (KIA)
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20:18 - Recruitment into the Military Intelligence Service -- Flunked interview but was accepted anyway
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Keywords: "relocation camp"; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; artillery; artillery fire; Camp McCoy; Camp Savage; Camp Shelby; infantry; Japanese language; Japanese language school; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; MIS recruitment; Nisei; recruiters; recruitment
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