0:00 - Memories of the Pearl Harbor bombing/Talking to his Japanese American friends about the attack

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; family; friendship; interrogate; Los Angeles; overseas; Pearl Harbor; Seventh Day Adventist

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3:48 - Noticing that people treated Frank's (his Japanese American friend) family differently

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; discrimination; friendship; Muslims; outrage; race discrimination

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5:05 - Deciding to join the military as a linguist/His family's history of military service

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Keywords: chemistry; Civil War; draft; enlist; family; father; France; linguistics; Massachusetts; Revolutionary War; tuberculosis; Union; World War I

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7:15 - Signing up and reporting for training and examinations/Different levels of linguistic expertise

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Keywords: Ann Arbor; examinations; flunking; Japanese language; Kanji; social; suicides; tiers; University of Michigan

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12:36 - Demographics of his fellow linguists at the University of Michigan

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Keywords: Caucasian; Hakujin

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14:08 - Intensity and frequency of the studying/His reputation among the linguists

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Keywords: ethics; Kanji; linguistics; reputation; Seventh Day Adventist; studying

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15:25 - His grasp of the Japanese language/Progressing to master the language/Intricacies of the language

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Keywords: conversation; Japanese language; linguistics; writing

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18:55 - Going to Camp Savage/Experience at Camp Savage/Learning interrogation techniques

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Keywords: Camp Savage; interrogate; Kibei; Military Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Service Language School; personaly; psychological; style; team; translation

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23:50 - Receiving his assignment and traveling to Saipan/His marksmanship and hunting skills

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Keywords: assignment; Camp Savage; farm; father; firing; hunting; Lieutenant; marksmanship; Saipan; shooting

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