Masami Hayashi oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 7, 2006

0:00 - Introduction

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Keywords: Colorado; Denver; Military Intelligence Service; siblings

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2:52 - Family background

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Keywords: cook; grandparents; Hiroshima; parents; railroad

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5:56 - Family background II

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Keywords: Colorado; cook; sports

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8:43 - Growing up in Colorado

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Keywords: farming; population; schooling; Tokyo

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11:58 - Travel to Japan

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Keywords: friends; seasickness

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14:32 - Schooling and education

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Keywords: baseball; Fort Lupton High School; Japanese language school

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17:42 - Schooling and education II

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Keywords: friendship; impactful teachers; trombone

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20:43 - Growing up in Colorado II

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Keywords: Buddhist; discrimination; swimming pool

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22:43 - Pearl Harbor and aftermath

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Keywords: announcement; Colorado; Fort Lupton High School; radio

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25:47 - College education, drafted into the Army

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Keywords: Air Force; Colorado School of Mines; electrical engineering

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28:31 - Drafted into the Army II

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Keywords: basic training; Fort Snelling; Military Intelligence Service

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31:22 - Shipment to the Pacific

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Keywords: atomic bomb; Hiroshima; Military Intelligence Service

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34:41 - Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)

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Keywords: proficiency; studying

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37:46 - Assignment in Manila

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Keywords: Nisei linguists; Philippines

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41:12 - Assignment in Manila II

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Keywords: 795th Military Police Battalion; interpreting; interrogations; kibei; Prisoners of War; translating

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44:13 - Assignment in Manila III, Australia

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Keywords: interpreting; platoon leader; War Crimes Trials

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47:28 - Trip to Australia II

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Keywords: captured documents; General Yamashita; Manila; New Guinea; Sydney

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50:44 - Interpreting work in Manila

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Keywords: Japan; Manila; Military Intelligence Service; prison camps; Prisoners of War

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53:15 - Interpreting work in Manila II

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Keywords: Japanese soldiers; Prisoners of War; treatment

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