0:00 - Discussing life and living quarters at Rohwer Incarceration Camp,weather in Arkansas; and working at the fire station

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Keywords: blocks; family; farmers; firefighting; McGee; mountains; snow; University of Arkansas

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4:02 - Recalling driving a fire truck at Rohwer

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Keywords: alarm; Arkansas; crew; dance; driver; fire

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6:04 - Being recruited for 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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Keywords: Army; artillery; Camp Shelby; I Company; meeting; rifle; volunteer

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9:47 - Discussing Japanese American Army volunteers

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Keywords: 1st draft; 442nd; I Company; jail; Japanese; records; Rohwer

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11:56 - Telling family about enlisting for the Army

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Keywords: Japanese identity and values; Lost Battalion; parents; shame; Texas; volunteer

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14:32 - Discussing sister's incarceration at Jerome; and witnessing segregation while going to Camp Shelby

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Keywords: African American soldiers; Arkansas; discrimination; family; McGee; train

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18:34 - First impressions of Camp Shelby and interactions with Hawaiian soldiers

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Keywords: 100th; B Company; basic training; Hawaii; I Company; Mississippi; Pidgin English; platoon

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22:09 - Basic training at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Army; I Company; Mississippi; test

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24:26 - Going into town

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Keywords: 100th; alcohol; army supply store; Mississippi; restaurant

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27:10 - Basic training II

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; army test; bullet; gas chamber; machine gun crawl; school

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