0:00 - Arrival in Naples, Italy

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Keywords: "talk story"; 100th Infantry Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 442nd Regimental Combat Team, L Company; Anzio Beach; cadre; Europe; family; letters; Mainland Nisei; Naples; overseas; Platoon Guide; Platoon Sergeant

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3:05 - Wore a "flying duck" good luck charm

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Keywords: "flying duck"; campaigns; good luck charm; Greece; Naples; souvenir

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4:43 - First experience in battle -- Two childhood friends were killed in action

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Keywords: artillery shells; battle; childhood friends; combat; company; foxhole; killed in action; reality of war; Wailua

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8:04 - Learning from the 100th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; Anzio; artillery shells; battle; combat; front lines; Stars and Stripes newspaper

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10:23 - Entering the Battle of Bruyeres

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Keywords: Bruyeres; cold weather; Epinal; France; Italy; Marseilles; Naples; train; weather

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12:04 - Meeting with Asian soldiers from the French Army

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Keywords: Asian troops; French Army; German soldiers; potatoes

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14:04 - Battle of Bruyeres -- Fired upon by an American tank / Making decision to not attack German tank

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Keywords: "stove pipe"; .88 mm; armor piercing shell; bazooka; Bruyeres; casualty; combat tactics; ditch; enemy fire; friendly fire; German Army; German soldiers; Lieutenant; platoon; platoon leader; tank

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20:45 - Hospitality from the French natives in Bruyeres

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Keywords: American troops; Bruyeres; France; French natives; hospitality; Japanese American soldiers; safehouse

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21:47 - Battle of Bruyeres -- O'Connor's Task Force surrounded German Army

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; ambush; Bruyeres; combat tactics; F Company; German Army; German soldiers; L Company; O'Connor's Task Force; prisoners of war; Special Task Force; train station

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23:56 - Friend captured German prisoners of war while sleeping on duty / Monument in Bruyeres

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Bruyeres; combat; German soldiers; guard duty; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; monument; nickname; Nisei soldiers; platoon; surrender; United States Army

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26:22 - Rescue of the Lost Battalion (Texas 36th Infantry Division)

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Keywords: 141st Texas Regiment; 36th Infantry Division; Biffontaine; Lost Battalion; Rescue of the Lost Battalion

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