0:18 - Learning about the 442/ Reasons for volunteering

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Keywords: 442 Regimental Combat Team; 442nd; Caucasian; Civil Engineering; contact; deferment; essential job; expectation; family; information; Jerry Kubo; New Jersey; nisei; siblings; suburban; volunteering; West Coast

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2:17 - Classification of 4C/ Losing essential deferment

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Keywords: 442nd; 4C; classification; enemy alien; Enlistment Board; essential deferment; volunteer

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3:48 - Parents' reaction to enlistment/ Misfit with other Nisei at Fort Dix

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Keywords: 442nd; Army; assimilation; background; Buddha-head; Buddhahead; California; Camp Shelby; Caucasian; childhoods; clique; country; Fort Dix; Haole; Hawaii; inductees; Japanese-Americans; Katonk; Kitchen Patrol; KP; mainland; Maryland; misfit; Mississippi; Nisei; Oregon; parents; patriotic; Sergeant; train; Washington

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7:35 - Buddha-heads vs. Katonks

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Keywords: Buddha-heads; clash; clique; college graduates; English; friction; Hawaii; Katonks; laid-back; outgoing; personality; Pidgen; reserved; West Coast

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9:34 - Acceptance by Buddha-heads/ Pidgin English

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Keywords: accent; acceptance; Buddha-head; Camp Shelby; college; conversation; English; Hawaii; Katonk; kitchen; movie; Pennsylvania; Pidgin; poker; Sergeant; West Coast

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14:03 - Miscommunication on replacements for 100th/ Company B and Company I

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Keywords: 100th Battalion; 442nd; apologize; Camp Shelby; Company B; company commander; headquarters; maneuvers; miscommunications; Mississippi; overseas; regiment; replacements; sergeant; Third Platoon; training; volunteers; winter

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18:05 - Visiting Hattiesburg/ Free time

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Keywords: boring; Camp Shelby; Christmas; classical music; concerts; Earl Finch; George Miyashiro; Hattiesburg; Japanese-American USO; locals; opera; overseas; relocation center; Sergeant; University of Southern Mississippi

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20:32 - Segregation in the south

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Keywords: 442nd; Asians; Black; Buddha-heads; camp; Camp Shelby; city; different; discrimination; expectations; Hattiesburg; Mary Nakahara; New York City; Philadelphia; relocation camp; segregation; south; USO dances; White

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22:35 - Transition to I company/ Basic training

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Keywords: 100th Battalion; B Company; basic training; Dan Inoue; Eddie Mayahara; friendship; I Company; K Company; maneuvers; march; Mochizuki; overseas; prepared; squad; transition

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25:37 - Voyage overseas/ Feelings upon leaving the US

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Keywords: Atlantic ocean; ”Pena katonk”; bunks; Camp Shelby; conversations; embark; emotions; gambling; Hawaii; katonk; liberty ship; Newport News, Virginia; nicknames; overseas; Pennsylvania; seasick; ship; US; voyage

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