Partial Transcript: Eddy drew a painting of camp from a child's point of view. In the painting, there are two children and an armed soldier with a guard tower and barbed wires. Eddy says the children are the innocent victims of evacuation. At Camp Savage, Eddy learns Japanese to be a linguist. Eddy says the training is hard. He recalls studying late at night to learn the vocabulary and kanji characters.

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Keywords: children; interment camp; Japanese Americans; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy discusses the Japanese philosophy of do not bring shame to the family. Therefore he works hard during his training at Camp Savage. Camp Savage is a different environment than California. On the East Coast, there are mountain views, snowy weather, and lakes. Eddy also says the building structure is different. In Saint Paul, Eddy learns how to swim at the YMCA swimming pool. Eddy says the people in Saint Paul accepted him, and everyone was friendly. Eddy recalls dating a white girl.

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Keywords: dating; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: Basic training was typically 16 weeks long. However, Eddy's training is eight weeks. His infantry training ranges from marching and weapons training. The reality of war sets in when Eddy is under fire at training.

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Keywords: artillery; artillery fire; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; marching; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; rifle; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: While in training, Eddy has opportunities to go on leave and visit his parents at Rohwer, AR. He also visits Chicago and goes sightseeing. Eddy recalls an incident on the bus and segregation. He discusses the irony of being Japanese Americans in camp and being considered white on the East Coast. When he graduates from language school, Eddy is happy.

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Keywords: discrimination; family; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Rohwer; travel; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy goes to Rohwer to visit his parents. Eddy says there are no guards in the guard towers. By 1943, many of the people have left camp already. Eddy goes overseas to the Pacific by ship. Eddy stops at Melbourne, AU, and then to Manila, Philippines.

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; Pacific Theater; Philippines; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: In Manila, the group was divided into teams. Eddy was in a team of 20 interpreters, and they go to South Manila. He first goes to Luzon POW Camp for temporary duty. Later Eddy was assigned to help a First Lieutenant to question POWs. Eddy says he does not stay in one place too long and goes to different locations where an interpreter is needed. He recalls his Captain and First Lieutenant fighting over Eddy to assist them.

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei soldiers; Pacific Theater; Philippines; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy discusses the difference between interpreting in his youth for his father and being an interpreter in the Pacific Theater. The only difference was feeling inferior when he was a young boy. This time he has the upper hand. The key to questioning a POW is military vocabulary.

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Pacific Theater; Prisoners of War; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy says if you get the confidence of the POW, the interrogation will go well. As an interpreter, Eddy does not feel emotional towards the POWs. He says interpreting is his task, a job he needs to complete. You cannot show your emotional side. He recalls the only time he felt emotions were hearing the POW speak the Hiroshima dialect of his parent.

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Keywords: interrogate; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei soldiers; Pacific Theater; United States federal prisons; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Post-war, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) men did not talk about their contributions in the war. Eddy knows Nisei veterans from the 442nd and I Company and joins their organization. Eddy says the MIS did not have one for him to join. Eddy recalls giving speeches at the 442nd reunions and events because he speaks Japanese. He also does the translation for Japanese Company men.

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Keywords: 442nd; Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; Pacific Theater; post-war; World War Two

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