0:00 - Farewell party and departure for basic training

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Keywords: Arkansas; Camp Joseph T. Robinson; caucasians; Monterey; train; well-wishes

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4:20 - Basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas

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Keywords: buddy system; discipline; friends; lessons; Military Intelligence Service (MIS); orders; weapons

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8:48 - Basic training, continued

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Keywords: combat; shotguns; snipers; weapons

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10:03 - Reaction to Executive Order 9066 and family's incarceration

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Keywords: Camp Carson; Colorado; family; furlough; Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp; Merced Assembly Center; Merced Temporary Detention Center

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13:47 - Impressions of Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp

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Keywords: dusty; pitiful; siblings; taken-in-stride; unhealthy

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15:34 - Describing why his brothers were not drafted

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Keywords: chick sexing; employment; Los Angeles; Nisei; Wyoming

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21:10 - Stationed in Wyoming and Colorado

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Keywords: Camp Carson; caucasians; company clerk; Japanese Americans; race relations

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25:24 - Anti-Japanese sentiment in the Army and personal strategy for avoiding combat

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Keywords: advanced infantry training; Camp Carson; Camp Hale; head of personnel; payroll clerk; post headquarters; racial discrimination; technical sergeant

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