0:00 - Arriving to support the 100th in Menton, France

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Keywords: combat; French Riviera; mortar unit; orientation; replacements; squad leaders; training

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3:43 - Operation of mortar units in the weapons platoon

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Keywords: ammo bearers; mortar shells; platoon sergeant; squad leaders; targets

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6:40 - Taking over the Winter Line in Livorno and four days of combat

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Keywords: "Jerries"; 100th Infantry Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 92nd Infantry Division; barrage; foxhole; mortar unit; spectacle

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9:40 - Combat in Livorno, continued

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Keywords: foxholes; German retreat; mortar; prisoner camps; tanks; V-E Day

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12:56 - Becoming a squad leader and guarding German prisoners of war (POWs)

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Keywords: battle stories; combat; confiscation; German soldiers; injuries

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15:32 - Sightseeing in Rome on R&R time

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Keywords: catacombs; emergency furlough; rubble; Switzerland; Vatican

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17:49 - Emergency furlough after father's death and corresponding with future wife

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Keywords: cablegram; early release; letters; rations; Rome

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20:36 - Enjoying eating and playing sports with the 442nd after V-E Day

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; baseball; food; football; Nisei soldiers

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23:51 - Return to the United States and moving to different military camps

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Stoneman; first sergeant (1SG); Fort Ord; furlough

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26:05 - Army Day parade in San Francisco and thoughts about pride in service

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Keywords: duty; Fort Lewis; homesickenss; Idaho; Seattle; Washington

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