George Yamada oral history interview, part 3 of 4, July 10, 2004

0:00 - Discussing Executive Order 9066; and employment

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; laborer; railroad; Spokane

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2:43 - Working II; and witnessing incarcerees traveling to Heart Mountain

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Keywords: car; Japan; Japanese Americans; laborer; messenger; train

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4:55 - Discussing incarcerees II

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Keywords: forced removal; guards; Heart Mountain; Nisei; parents; train

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6:50 - Thoughts on loyalty; and discussing friend who was killed

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Keywords: airplane; casualty; dance; family; Japan; Pearl Harbor; Tule Lake

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9:13 - Post Pearl Harbor - President Roosevelt's speech, war bonds; and rations

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Keywords: gas; high school; meat; money; stamps

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11:30 - Describing stamps and rations

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Keywords: food; gas; meat; truck

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13:46 - Joining the Army

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Keywords: 442nd; Buddha heads; Fort Douglas; Japanese Americans; marines; segregated unit; volunteer

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16:18 - Parents thoughts regarding induction; and discussing friends killed in action

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Keywords: 442nd; Fort Douglas; Fort Snelling; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Vietnam

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18:34 - Discussing friend II

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Keywords: date; Killed in Action; Seattle

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20:45 - Discussing induction; and experience with discrimination

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Keywords: ceremony; friend; traitor

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22:24 - Reporting to Fort Douglas; and going to Fort McClellan

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Keywords: bus; Camp Savage; Fort Snelling; Major; reveille; train; training; wages

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25:52 - Experiences at Fort Snelling; and discussing Japanese American soldiers

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Keywords: Japan; Kibei; labor battalion; loyalty; Nisei; thief

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