0:00 - Awaiting overseas assignment

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Keywords: 69th Infantry Division; Camp McCain; Camp Shelby; Fort Bragg; Fort Wolters; medical training; mess hall; Nisei Soldiers

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5:17 - Transferring to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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Keywords: hardships; Nisei soldiers; Private

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6:29 - Recruitment into the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Hawaiian Nisei; Japanese language; Mainland Nisei; military language; Minnesota; Staff Sergeant

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10:53 - Preparing to go overseas

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Keywords: Australia; censorship; Chinese American; San Francisco; troop ship

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13:47 - Landing in Australia and assignment to Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS)

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Keywords: Brisbane; captured documents; General Willoughby; Military Intelligence Service; New Guinea

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17:04 - Experiences in New Guinea

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Keywords: Christmas; correspondence; interrogation; Japanese soldiers; natives; prisoners of war; rations; translation

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21:43 - New Guinea natives were confused by the Nisei soldiers

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Keywords: beach; communication; English language; Japanese Imperial Army; Japanese language; military occupation

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26:34 - Taking convoy to the Philippines

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Keywords: Japanese Army; New Guinea; prisoners of war

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