0:00 - Reaction to Nisei soldiers in Florida

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Keywords: African-Americans; basic training; California; Camp Savage; discrimination; FBI; Florida; Hawaii; hitchhiking; infantry; locals; Nisei; training; uniform

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2:46 - Move to Camp Pinedale, California / Voice intercept training in Yosemite Valley

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Keywords: California; Eighth Radio Squadron Mobile; Florida; Guam; Japanese; Kana; morse code; Pinedale; radio communication; Saipan; Seattle; signals; temporary detention center; unit; voice intercept; Yosemite

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5:37 - Unit ships out to Guam / Make-up of the unit

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Keywords: boarded; Camp Pinedale; Fort Lewis; Guam; Hawaii; headquarters; Iwo Jima; Midway Island; Nisei; Palau; Saipan; Seattle; training; unit

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7:26 - Safety precautions for Nisei soldiers

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Keywords: body guard; caves; flush out; Japanese soldiers; Marines; Nisei; Pacific Theater; precautions; safety; Seabees

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8:16 - Experience in Hawaii

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Keywords: 8th Mobile Squadron; combat zone; Guam; Hawaii; Midway Island; Philippines

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10:04 - Intercepting and taping Japanese voice signals

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Keywords: filter; Guam; headquarters; information; Japan; Japanese aircraft; Kadena Air Base; Okinawa; Pacific Ocean; Palau; radio tower; Saipan; Tokyo; triangulation; voice signals

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12:41 - Triangulation

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Keywords: mathematic calculations; message; radio signals; receive; signify; taping; triangulation

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13:31 - Arrival on Midway Island / Conditions on Guam

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Keywords: flushing out; Guam; Hawaii; interrogation; Japanese soldiers; Midway Island; Pacific Theater; Philippines

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15:01 - Interrogation of POWs on Guam / Members of interrogation team

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Keywords: Guam; interrogation; Japan; jungle; POW; San Francisco; YMCA

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17:21 - Using POWs' diaries to gain information / Important information discovered by team

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Keywords: diaries; direction; flight; General Yamamoto; intercept; Japanese soldiers; POW; radio squadron; voice intercept

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19:14 - Intercepted information leads to the shooting down of General Yamamoto's airplane

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Keywords: General Yamamoto; Philippines; voice intercept

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20:07 - Team moves to Saipan -- Duties on the island

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Keywords: atomic bomb; caves; flush out; Guam; Japanese soldiers; Okinawa; Saipan; Seabees; Second Marine Division; voice intercept

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22:17 - Relocation to Okinawa / Typhoon hits the island

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Keywords: caves; cemeteries; Japanese soldiers; Kadena Airfield; Okinawa; typhoon

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24:11 - Impression when atomic bomb was dropped / Hearing news of the Japanese surrender

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Keywords: atomic bomb; bomb; Hiroshima; Japan; Japanese Army; monument; Saipan; soldiers; suffering; surrender

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26:33 - Contact with family in Japan and stateside / Receiving letters from home

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Keywords: Army Specialist Language students; correspondence; Gila River; higher education; Japan; Manzanar; Minneapolis; overseas; Red Cross; stateside; University of Minnesota; war; wife

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