0:00 - Discussing plane power; combat; and marching

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery fire; front line; German soldiers; Gothic Line and Po Valley; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; platoon; rifle; war

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3:38 - Discussing German soldiers retreating; casualty; and final push

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; battle; combat; company; Gothic Line and Po Valley; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; war

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7:00 - Discussing war ending; execution; and liberation

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Central Europe; German soldiers; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers

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10:34 - Discussing Prisoners of War

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; marching; Nisei soldiers; war

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13:09 - Recall returning home July 1946; tours; Florence

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Central Europe; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; travel

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15:38 - Discuss marching in Washington DC; and family

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; homecoming; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; post-war

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18:46 - Recalling discharge; extension class; UC; and graduation

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Keywords: Central Europe; employment; high education; high school; Italy; Japanese Americans; Nisei veterans; post-war; war

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21:57 - Discuss meeting wife Rose Kono; stage shows; and picnics

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Keywords: dating; family; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; social activities; wedding

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23:57 - Discussing children; and grandchildren

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; Sansei; Yonsei

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27:26 - Discussing wartime stories; and career

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; employment; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Nisei; Nisei veterans; war

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