0:00 - Sakai's experiences in Colorado; and childhood chores

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Keywords: chicken; landlady; rabbits

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2:07 - Sakai discusses his reasons for volunteering; and talks about 100th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: 442nd; Army; Camp Savage; citizenship; enemy alien; military service; replacement soldiers

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4:19 - Sakai discusses his induction; parents thoughts about volunteering; and the Sullivan Act

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; Colorado; Denver

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7:10 - Sakai discusses traveling to Camp Shelby; and witnessing segregation

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Keywords: African American; Hattiesburg; Nisei; train

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9:27 - Sakai discusses his thoughts about Japanese American incarceration

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Keywords: Chinese; Nisei; Sansei

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10:33 - Teruya discusses his parents thoughts regarding enlisting; and traveling to the Mainland

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Keywords: Army; brother; Hawaiian soldiers; mother; service; ship; weather

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13:35 - Teruya discusses traveling II

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Keywords: bunk; discharge; food; gambling; money; ship; submarine

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15:18 - Teruya discusses his first impressions of San Francisco; and traveling to Camp Shelby

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Keywords: city; gambling; Hawaiian soldiers; snakes; snow; train; weather

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17:52 - Teruya discusses his experiences at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: "katonk"; 100th; cadre; Mainland soliders; replacement soldier

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19:24 - Teruya discusses differences between Mainland and Hawaiian soldiers; and describes "katonk"

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Keywords: Hattiesburg; language; Mississippi; race

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20:22 - Teruya discusses racial makeup of Mississippi and Alabama

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Keywords: African American; Caucasian; German soldiers; Hattiesburg; New Orleans; segregation

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22:47 - Racial makeup II; and discussing Earl Finch

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Keywords: African American; Caucasian; friendship; Nisei soldiers; store

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24:37 - Sakai discusses his first impressions of Camp Shelby

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Keywords: African Americans; Hawaiian soldiers; Mississippi; nurse; Pidgin; Seventh-day Adventist

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27:16 - Sakai Camp Shelby II- discussing Hawaiian soldiers; and Daniel Inouye

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Keywords: Hattiesburg; incarceration camps; Mainland soldiers; money; Pearl Harbor; University of Hawaii

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