Nobuo Iwamoto oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 8, 2006

0:00 - Introduction; nickname; wife's name; and children

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Keywords: CIC; Counter Intelligence Corps; Utah

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2:27 - Discussing siblings; and parents

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Keywords: brother; Christianity; death; Japan; Los Angeles; sister; Utah

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5:15 - Parents II- employment; work at father's cafe; and parents' families

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Keywords: Japan; marriage; restaurant; school; work

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7:40 - Discussing father's personality

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Keywords: cafe; children; customers; quiet; work

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9:39 - Discussing mother's personality; and attending church

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Keywords: children; father; Japanese; social; Sunday school; work

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11:57 - Attending school; playing sports; and attending Japanese language school

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Keywords: Caucasian; classmates; football; junior high school

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13:30 - Childhood mode of transportation; siblings II; and work at father's cafe II

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Keywords: street car; Utah; walk

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15:52 - Church II; languages spoken at home; and childhood dog

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Keywords: English; family; Japanese language; minister; sermon; Sunday School

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18:51 - Experiences with discrimination; and attack on Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: bomb; college; radio; school; show; Sunday School; Utah; war

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20:48 - Aftermath of Pearl Harbor; and discussing parents' mortgage and mother's employer

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Keywords: domestic; home; yard

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23:04 - Aftermath of Pearl Harbor II- attending junior college; and getting drafted

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Keywords: Army; art; degree; enemy alien; friends; notice

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24:58 - Getting inducted; and basic training at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: Fort Snelling; MISLS; recruit; rifle; Salt Lake City; weather

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27:48 - Basic training II; and typical day at Fort Snelling

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Keywords: classmates; Japanese language; MISLS; schedule; study; weather

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30:26 - Fort Snelling II; training at Signal Intelligence Unit; and discussing the end of the war

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Keywords: classes; Japan; linguist; MISLS; New Jersey; New York

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32:41 - Training for Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC); and friendships

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Keywords: interrogation; Maryland; post-war; troop ship

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34:33 - Shipping out to Japan

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Keywords: seasick; Seattle; soldier; stove; train; trees; Yokohama

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37:36 - First impressions of Japan

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Keywords: bombed-out; CIC; cities; civilians; food; Tokyo; travel

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40:06 - Experiences in Japan- first assignment; and social life

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Keywords: CIC; Communist Party; friendship; hotel; informant; office; stationed

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43:03 - Japan II- food; assignment II; and visiting relatives

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Keywords: cigarettes; Communist Party; farm; hotel; informant; mother; rations; report

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46:38 - Japan III- visiting relatives II; and obtaining a sword

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Keywords: daughter; family; grandparents; mother; son; uncle

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49:01 - Discussing sister's experiences in Japan during the war

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Keywords: embassy; high school; Manchuria; relatives; study; Tokyo

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51:43 - Japan IV- gifts for relatives; traveling; and assignment III

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Keywords: Communist; friend; informant; information; map

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54:19 - Getting discharged; discussing rank; and flying back home

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Keywords: airplane; corporal; Fort Snelling; Guam; Hawaii; officer; Sergeant

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