0:00 - Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross / Returned from furlough to find his section had been bombed

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Keywords: award; discharged; Distinguished Service Cross; DSC; fallen comrades; family; France; furlough; German soldiers; Issei parents; KIA; killed in action; mortar; prisoners of war; Sergeant

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6:32 - Friend was killed in action -- No job was "safe"

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Keywords: forward observer; furlough; killed in action; rifleman; sisters

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8:58 - Caught up with unit in Montague

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; fallen comrades; German soldier; Montague; truck; unit

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11:42 - 100th Infantry Battalion in Southern France (Champagne Campaign)

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; Champagne Campaign; France; Montague; Southern France; Stars and Stripes newspaper

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14:08 - Gothic Line and Po Valley Campaign -- War coming to an end / Did not celebrate the end of the war

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Keywords: buddies; college; Florence; Gothic Line; Italy; Po Valley; POW; prisoners of war; sports; war is over

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17:58 - Italian natives helped the Nisei soldiers rebuild bridges, unlike the French natives

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Keywords: American soldiers; bridge; French natives; German soldiers; Germans; Italians; Italy

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19:58 - Family dinner to celebrate his homecoming / Wrote letters to his family while overseas

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Keywords: chickens; family; furlough; Hawaii; homecoming; Honolulu; Issei parents; letters; mail; meat; overseas; rabbits; servicemen; troops; wartime

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23:29 - Obligation to serve in the military because of the draft

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Keywords: "evacuated"; California; draft; drafted; military life; military service; National Guard; obligation; party; war experience; World War II

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25:12 - Started own business -- Made custom jewelry

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Keywords: Chicago; engineer; jeweler; jewelry; photograph; post-war; school

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27:25 - Wife was a school teacher -- Moved to New York to pursue jewelry business

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Keywords: business; discharged; family; Hawaii; Honolulu; jewelry; marriage; New York; school teacher; wife

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