0:00 - Discussing his military rank and company; Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; heavy weapons; private first class; unit (military)

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1:32 - Discussing basic training; before Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; military training; Schofield Barracks

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4:38 - Discussing traveling to Camp McCoy

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; seasick; train; travel

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6:41 - Discussing embarkment from Hawaii to the Mainland

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Keywords: 442nd; correspondence; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei parents; San Francisco; secrecy

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9:41 - Discussing ways the military stigmatized Nisei soldiers

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Keywords: "Jap"; 442nd; discrimination in the military; Japanese American soldiers; race discrimination

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12:50 - Discussing going out on military pass

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Keywords: 442nd; Camp McCoy; friendship; social activities

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14:53 - Discussing purpose of training at Camp McCoy

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Keywords: basic training; discrimination in the military; Japanese American soldiers; machine gunner; segregated unit

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16:31 - Discussing job in military; jeep driver

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Keywords: firearms; Hawaiian soldiers; machine gunner; transport

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18:15 - Anecdote of Camp McCoy; little boy in camp

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Keywords: friendship; Nisei soldiers; Wisconsin

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21:18 - Discussing experience at Camp Shelby; and racism Nisei soldiers endured

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Keywords: African Americans; basic training; climate; Hawaiian soldiers; racism; segregation

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