Hideo "Lefty" Kuniyoshi oral history interview, part 3 of 5, March 22, 2005

0:00 - Camp Shelby - Squad leader responsibilities

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Keywords: duties; Hawaii; orders; promotion; rank; ROTC; squad leader; staff sergeant

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2:07 - Camp Shelby - Non-commissioned officers / Platoon leaders

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Keywords: captain; Hawaiian soldiers; leadership; mess sergeant; platoon leader; Southeast Asia; squad; Ted Tanouye

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5:14 - Camp Shelby - Chigger bites

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Keywords: bug bites; bugs; fields; insects; Mississippi; ointment; skin; training

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7:03 - Camp Shelby - Tension between Hawaiian-Japanese and mainland-Japanese soldiers / John Nakamura / Benjamin Franklin Ogata

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Keywords: campaign; company; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese-American; Killed in Action; masters degree; Midwest; Texas

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10:04 - Camp Shelby - USO Show / Bill Kochiyama and Mary Nakahara

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Hawaiian; husband; language dialect; mainland Japanese-American; pidgin English; USO; volunteer

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11:29 - Visting Rohwer Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Arkansas; Hawaiian soldiers; internment camps; Jerome Concentration Camp; Nisei soldiers; relatives

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12:26 - Camp Shelby - Preparing to ship out to the frontline / Losing squad members

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Campaign; frontline; overseas; replacements; training

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13:59 - Traveling by ship to Europe / Passing time on the trip

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Keywords: books; company; Europe; gambling; movies; ocean; seasick; ship

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15:14 - Arrival in Naples, Italy

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); battle; combat; European Theater; fighting conditions; military training; Naples, Italy; port

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17:00 - Former mess sergeant, Ted Tanouye, assigned to platoon leader in Italy

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Partial Transcript: platoon leader;head cook;Arno River;leadership;combat;reserve squad;courage;mines

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20:10 - Mine blast kills Ted Tanouye during battle at Arno River

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Keywords: Army engineers; casualty; explosion; leadership; mines; minesweeper; pidgin English; squad

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24:04 - Battle at Hill 140

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Keywords: enemy; German soldiers; high ground; mental attitude; mortar; POW; retreat; squad leader

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27:24 - Witnessing casualties in warfare

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Keywords: attitude; casualty; corpse; German soldiers; mentality; squad; wounded

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