0:00 - Recruitment into the Military Intelligence Service

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 4C classification; Camp McCoy; concentration camp; Gila River; interpreters; Japanese Army; Japanese language; Kibei; linguists; Military Intelligence Service; military service; MIS; Nisei; overseas; recruitment; school; sponsor; translators; Tulare; volunteers

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4:50 - Volunteered for military service to get out of camp / Issei disagreed with his decision to volunteer

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Keywords: concentration camp; Gila River; Issei; Japanese Army; Kibei; Military Intelligence Service; military service; MIS; pro-Japanese; Russo-Japanese War; sister; Tulare; veteran; volunteer for service

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9:46 - Difficulty for Nisei to volunteer from concentration camps -- Uncertainties going into service

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; concentration camp; Europe; family; Gila River; Hawaii; Japan; Kibei; loyalty; Nisei; overseas; United States; volunteer for service; volunteers

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14:36 - Inducted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on Thanksgiving / Language training at the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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Keywords: army life; barracks; cold; comradery; discipline; Fort Snelling; Japanese language; Kibei; leaving camp; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; military language; military training; Minnesota; MIS; Nisei; recruits; studying; Thanksgiving; train station; weather

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19:28 - Shipped overseas without any basic training

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Keywords: basic training; combat; Japan; Japanese American soldier; Japanese military; linguists; military experience; Military Intelligence Service Language School; military training; Nisei soldier; overseas; promotion; T5

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22:39 - Nisei recruits at Military Intelligence Service Language School questioned their usefulness to the war effort

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Keywords: concentration camp; family; Japanese language; Japanese linguists; linguists; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; MIS; Nisei; Pacific Theater; prisoners; retreiving information; translation

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