Munro Shintani oral history interview, part 2 of 3, May 21, 2006

0:00 - Boy Scouts, Joining the Army

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Keywords: F Company; recruit school; Star Scout

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2:58 - Basic Training- full field pack

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Keywords: bivouac; volunteering

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6:11 - Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Chicago; restaurant; war hysteria

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9:07 - Working part time in high school

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Keywords: jewelry; leather

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10:53 - Pearl Harbor II

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Keywords: Japanese restaurant; mother

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12:22 - Basic training in Mississippi- seeing segregation

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Keywords: "colored"; black discrimination; Earl Finch; Fourth Presbyterian Church; Hattiesburg; USO

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15:20 - Basic training in Mississippi II

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Keywords: "Buddha heads"; "katonk"; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Aloha USO; Camp Shelby; Earl Finch; pidgin english

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18:17 - Basic training in Mississippi III- outcast, Hawaii and mainland soldiers

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Keywords: "Buddha heads"; "katonk"; pidgin english

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21:21 - Differences between Hawaii and mainland soldiers, duties

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Keywords: ammo bearer; bazooka; Earl Finch; Jerome; Rohwer

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24:28 - Discussing weaponry

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Keywords: ammo bearer; bazooka; Browning Automatic Rifle

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27:07 - Discussing weaponry II- bazooka

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Keywords: ammo bearer; battery; rocket

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29:54 - Discussing weaponry III

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Keywords: bazooka; Kentucky Windage

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31:57 - Preparing to ship out

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Keywords: furlough; Olive Drabs (ODs); uniforms

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35:00 - Preparing to ship out II

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; Kitchen patrol (KP); Newport News; Port of Embarcation (POE)

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38:31 - Shipment overseas, squad members

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Keywords: cribbage; North Africa

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41:14 - Squad members II

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Keywords: Division Artillery; platoon sergeant

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44:39 - Landing in Oran, North Africa

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Keywords: guard duty; mess kits

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48:06 - North Africa to Italy

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Keywords: F Company; Naples; Oran

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51:07 - First combat in Italy

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Keywords: 88mm; artillery fire; German soldiers; tank

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53:35 - First combat in Italy II

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Keywords: cigarettes; German soldiers; pinned down; wounded

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56:29 - First combat in Italy III

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Keywords: F company; German soldiers; wounds

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