0:00 - Recalling influential people; Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV); and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; war

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3:08 - Recalling Mother reaction to volunteering; and upbringing I

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Keywords: adolescent; childhood; family; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values

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6:21 - Recalling Mother reaction to volunteering; and upbringing II; and community

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Keywords: adolescent; childhood activities; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Nisei

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8:45 - Recalling words from family; volunteers; and ship

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Keywords: draft; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei; siblings; war

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12:28 - Recalling gambling on ship; California; and Mainland

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Keywords: blackouts in war; draft; Hawaiian identity; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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15:56 - Discussing Mainland and Hawaiian; tip; and segregation

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Keywords: discrimination; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; prejudices; war

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19:26 - Discussing segregation II: and Camp Shelby

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Keywords: "chiggers"; basic training; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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21:16 - Recalling Dog Company; First Battalion; and H Company

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei; platoon; replacement; Sergeant; war

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23:48 - Discussing position as machine gunner I

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; company; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; platoon; war

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26:46 - Discussing position as machine gunner II

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Florence; Hawaiian soldiers; Italy; Japanese Americans; platoon; war

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