Joseph Allman oral history interview, part 2 of 3, April 22, 2006

0:00 - Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: 53rd Infantry; A Company; Fort Ord; helmets

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2:39 - Pearl Harbor II- Japanese Americans within the companies

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Minnesota; volunteers

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5:02 - Discussion on Japanese Americans

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Keywords: California; Whittier

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8:24 - Guarding tunnels and bridges in Northern California

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Keywords: Belden; Feather River; M1 Garand Rifle

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11:22 - Discussion on rank, discharge instruction, guarding tunnels

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Keywords: Feather River Canyon; foot bridge; Private First Class; spam

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14:52 - Guarding tunnels and bridges in Northern California II

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Keywords: Belden; women soldiers

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17:43 - Guarding tunnels and bridges in Northern California III

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Keywords: Alturas; free time; segregated unit; Susanville

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20:59 - Guarding tunnels and bridges in Northern California IV

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Keywords: Alaska; Ernest J. Hinds ship; Golden Gate Bridge; Oakland; Presidio

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23:41 - San Francisco in 1942

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Keywords: Army baseball; Presidio; salute; San Francisco Seals; soldiers

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26:09 - Guarding the National Cemetery in San Bruno

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Keywords: bugler; funeral detail; Presidio

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29:05 - Guarding the National Cemetery in San Bruno II

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Keywords: Internment; Japanese Americans; Tanforan Racetrack

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31:30 - Discussion on Tanforan Racetrack, Tule Lake Camps, military service number, final rank

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Keywords: Chief Warrant Officer 3; incarceration camps; Japanese Americans

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34:01 - Heading north to Alaska

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Keywords: barges; Fort Marrow; seasick

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36:42 - Heading north to Alaska II- submarine watch, mail

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Keywords: letters; Port Heiden; Tokyo Rose; v-mail

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39:12 - Aleutian Islands, Alaska

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Keywords: airfields; Amchitka Island; dogs; scouts; williwaw

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42:09 - Discussion on what to do if captured, 30-day leave

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Keywords: washing dishes

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44:05 - Re-assignment to 208th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: 53rd Infantry; Alaska; Aleutian islands; Fort Richardson

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45:47 - Coming back to the mainland

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Keywords: "chiggers"; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Gruber; Camp Shelby; Japanese Americans; Mississippi; Oklahoma

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47:52 - Advance Infantry Training

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Keywords: Bayonet practice; Camp Shelby; Mississippi

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49:15 - Atomic bomb drop on Hiroshima and after

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Keywords: Alturas; discharge; Iwo Jima; marine; re-enlistment; San Quentin prison

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51:37 - Re-enlisting

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Keywords: Chief Petty Officer; prison camp; San Quentin prison

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53:51 - Reactions to Hiroshima atomic bomb

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Keywords: Alturas; San Francisco; Shin Yamagata; Tule Lake

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55:41 - Re-enlisting- stationed in China

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Keywords: American Graves Registry Service; Manchuria; Peking; re-enlist; Shanghai

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