0:00 - Saying farewell to his family before shipping out
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2:10 - Irony of the US Army recruiting Japanese linguists from concentration camps / Japanese Americans forced into a difficult situation during wartime
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Keywords: "evacuation"; "relocation centers"; artillery; brothers; Camp Savage; concentration camps; European Theater; farm; Japanese American community; Japanese Americans; Japanese linguists; linguists; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Minnesota; Pearl Harbor; reality of war; recruitment; San Jose; US War Department
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6:07 - Family's forced removal under Executive Order 9066 / Unwavering loyalty to the United States
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8:12 - Taught classes at Camp Savage (Military Intelligence Service Language School) / Took some courses at University of Minnesota
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Keywords: "noncom"; Bachelor's Degree; Camp Savage; education; higher education; Indian; interrogation; Japanese American; Japanese language; John Aiso; Kibei; Military Intelligence Service Language School; military terminology; Minneapolis; Minnesota; Non-Commissioned Officer; Oriental; Prisoners of War; students; teacher; translation; University of Minnesota
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14:17 - Volunteered to go overseas -- First Landing in New Guinea / Assigned a bodyguard / Translated captured Japanese military document
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Keywords: Australia; Banzai attack; barbershop; battleships; bodyguard; bombardment; Brisbane; captured documents; chapel; Emperor of Japan; foxhole; front lines; helmet; Japanese Americans; Japanese linguists; John Aiso; Landing Ship Tank; landings; linguist; Los Negros; LST; military documents; Military Intelligence Service; military service; New Guinea; overseas; seasickness; Texas; translation; trench; US destroyers; volunteer for service
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21:58 - Family sent to Rohwer Concentration Camp / First interogation of a Japanese prisoner of war
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Keywords: "Jap"; American soldiers; Arkansas; chocolate; cigarettes; enemy fire; family; father; interrogation; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese soldiers; Military Police; mother; MP; Prisoners of War; Rohwer; Senninbari; Stockton; United States Army
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26:03 - Awarded the Bronze Star / Second Landing in Hollandia -- General MacArthur's military strategy
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Keywords: American troops; Australia; bodyguard; Bronze Star; citation; destroyer; first landing; front lines; General MacArthur; Hollandia; interpretation; interpreter; interrogation; interrogator; Japanese American soldier; Landing Ship Tank; LST; military strategy; New Guinea; Pacific Theater; R&R; second landing
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