William Sato oral history interview, part 4 of 5, September 14, 2002

0:00 - Traveling overseas; meeting up with the 442nd; and combat experiences

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Keywords: 100th; France; illness; Italy; Marseille; mountains; replacement depot; troop ship

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2:30 - Discussing casualties; and overseas assignment

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Keywords: A Company; BAR; injury; rifle; Sergeant

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5:19 - Combat experiences II- guard duties and using rifle; and discussing the end of the war

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Keywords: 442nd; France; German soldiers; Italy; pig; Po Valley

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7:45 - Combat experiences III- food; and living conditions

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Keywords: foxhole; K rations

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9:38 - Discussing Sadao Munemori; the end of the war II; and atomic bombing

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Keywords: civilians; Genoa; hospital; Italy; Japan; Killed in Action

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12:04 - Discussing Army point system; and occupation assignment

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Keywords: 442nd; cigarettes; guard; home; Livorno-Leghorn; POW

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15:15 - Discussing illness and hospital stay; and Bronze Star

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Keywords: measles; mountain; nurse; shower; sleeping bag

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17:16 - Getting discharged; returning home; post-war school; and experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: American; Chicago; medical school; professor; VA

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19:56 - Discrimination II

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Keywords: medical school; professor

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21:11 - Moving back to California; and post-war employment

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Keywords: Chicago; discrimination; doctor; sister

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23:41 - Discussing children; and parents post-war

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Keywords: California; Chicago; flower shop; incarceration camps; Issei; train

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25:08 - Housing in California; and Japanese doctor community

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Keywords: Caucasian; Japantown; Los Angeles; Nisei; Pasadena

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28:15 - Discussing brother's medical career

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Keywords: internship; marriage; pre-med; St. Louis

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