0:04 - Looking out for oneself in the military

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; brotherhood; Christianity; front lines; military experience; replacement

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3:30 - Responsibilities as Squad Leader / Denied transfer to the Military Intelligence Service

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Keywords: 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion; basic training; draftees; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Pacific War; recruiters

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7:31 - Thankful to have served with the 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion

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Keywords: Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; military service; occupation; Occupation of Japan; wartime

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9:44 - Formation of the 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion / Infrastructure projects done by the 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion

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Keywords: "Go For Broke"; basic training; Coconut Island; draftees; jungle training; Nisei soldiers; Pearl Harbor

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15:10 - Treatment from the First Sergeant

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Keywords: 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion; colonel; construction; discharged; First Sergeant; PX

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19:16 - 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion awarded the Meritorious Service Plaque

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Keywords: awards; construction projects; military service; Nisei

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20:20 - Job as public relations writer at Fort Armstrong

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Keywords: 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion; First Sergeant; headquarters; labor battalion; newspaper articles; Schofield Barracks; serviceman

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24:24 - Involvement with veteran organizations

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Keywords: 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion; AJA; American Veteran Committee (AVC); barracks; Caucasians; Communistic ideals; discharged; veteran organizations

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