0:00 - Tensions between Nisei soldiers and US Navy men aboard troop ship / Arrival in Manila -- Assigned to ATIS

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Keywords: Court Martial; discharge papers; Hawaiian Nisei; Kansas; landing craft; M1 rifle; Pacific Ocean; Top Secret

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6:20 - Oversaw a Japanese prisoner of war camp

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Keywords: Australian soldiers; convoy; G2; mutton; Nisei soldiers; tent; Yamato battleship

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9:11 - Repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war / Language mediator between Japanese ship captain and American Army Lieutenant

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Keywords: cigarette; Court Martial; destroyer escort ship; gang plank; guard duty; malnutrition; Manila

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14:24 - Nisei soldiers gathered Yen from blown up Japanese bank / Occupation of Japan -- Journey through Yokohama to Tokyo

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Keywords: Clark Field; devastation; Japanese citizens; M1 rifle; mine; Tokyo Bay; typhoon; victory ship

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19:30 - Confrontation with Filipino natives

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Keywords: American uniform; Nisei soldiers; Philippines; sidearms; tourists

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21:01 - Watched U.S. War Department propaganda films of Japanese soldiers during basic training

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Keywords: draftees; Nazis; Nisei soldiers; Occupation of Japan; Occupied Japan; racism; stereotypes; victors

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23:38 - Occupation of Japan -- Japanese citizens treated Nisei soldiers with respect / Took care of Japanese orphans whose families were victims of fire bombings

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Keywords: children; chow line; dead bodies; empathy; Japanese soldiers; NYK Building; occupying force

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