0:00 - Issei parent's reaction to attack on Pearl Harbor / Father forcibly removed to concentration camps on the Mainland

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Keywords: "internment camp"; "relocation camps"; bombing; concentration camps; enemy alien; father; Issei parents; Japanese American community; loyalty; Mainland; military service; New Mexico; Pearl Harbor; Sand Island; Santa Fe; volunteer for service

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5:07 - Send off from Iolani Palace to Camp Shelby, Mississippi

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Keywords: barracks; basic training; Camp Shelby; first generation; Hattiesburg; Hawaii; Iolani Palace; Issei; Japanese American community; Japanese Americans; Mainland; military service; Mississippi; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Sansei; Schofield Barracks; seasickness; Second Generation; United States Air Force; United States Army; volunteer for service

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9:19 - Camp Shelby -- Guarded German Prisoners of War in Alabama

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company; Alabama; Camp Shelby; German Prisoners of War; infantry training; Mississippi; Schofield Barracks; Sergeant

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11:43 - Conflicts between the Hawaiian Nisei and the Mainland Nisei -- Gained mutual respect during combat

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Keywords: basic training; beer garden; Buddaheads; cadre; Camp Shelby; combat; Hawaiian Nisei; Katonks; Mainland Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Non-Commissioned Officer; Pidgin; Pidgin English; PX Store

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15:25 - Visited Hawaiian families in the relocation camps / Father accused of being an "agent" of the Japanese government

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Keywords: "internment camps"; "internment"; armed guards; barbed wire; Buddhist priest; Camp Shelby; draft; Hawaiian Nisei; Japanese Army; Japanese community; Japanese government; Japanese language school teacher; Mainland Nisei; relocation camps

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21:45 - Witnessed the segregation of "coloreds" in the South

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Keywords: "colored"; African Americans; discrimination; Hattiesburg; Hawaii; Hawaiian Nisei; Mississippi; ostracized; prejudice; second-class citizens; segregation

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24:26 - Leisure activities at Camp Shelby / Traveled by train to Camp Shelby

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company; beer; Camp Shelby; Mainland Nisei; movies; train; ukelele

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26:34 - Journey overseas to the Italy (European Theater)

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; Anzio; Europe; European Theater; Italy; Naples; overseas; seasickness

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