Shigetoshi Iwasaki oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 26, 2006

0:00 - Describes childhood memory; airplane ride

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Keywords: aircraft; childhood activities; father; Honolulu; Japanese fleet

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2:58 - Discussing post-high school jobs

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Keywords: bookkeeping; engineer; roofing; U.S. Defense

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5:20 - Discussing recollections of Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: baseball; maneuvers; parents; radio

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7:11 - Recollections of Pearl Harbor attack II

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Keywords: anti aircraft; casualty; employment; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; shell

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9:42 - Discussing copper roofing

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Keywords: construction; employment; metal

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12:12 - Describes U.S. Defense engineering job

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Keywords: construction; employment; Hawaii; infrastructure; tunnels

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15:14 - Discussing issuance of black badges

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Keywords: Hawaii; Japanese Americans; restrictions; tunnels

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16:40 - Discussing family's reaction to war

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Keywords: farming; Issei parents; military service; siblings; volunteer

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18:57 - Discussing restrictions in Hawaii after Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: blackouts in war; curfew; gas; Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; rations

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21:13 - Discussing high school jobs

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Keywords: automobiles; employment; gas station

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22:59 - Discussing draft notice

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Keywords: military service; military uniform; parents; replacement depot; repple depple

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25:36 - Discussing military travel to Seattle

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Keywords: benefits; Fort Lewis; ship; volunteer

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28:26 - Discussing traveling to Florida from Hawaii

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Keywords: military service; seasick; ship; train

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31:54 - Describes Camp Blanding

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Keywords: cold; Florida; Japanese American soldiers; replacements; training camps

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34:40 - Discussing basic training

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Keywords: Camp Blanding; firing range; gunfire; winter

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36:57 - Discussing free time in Florida

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Keywords: Atlantic Ocean; sightseeing; social activities; swimming

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39:21 - Discussing Hawaiian Territory currency

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Keywords: Hawaii; history; money

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41:38 - Discussing friends in the service

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; E Company; Hawaiian soldiers; Nisei soldiers

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44:28 - Discussing going overseas

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Keywords: Italy; measles; ship; travel

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46:40 - Discussing joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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Keywords: Buddha heads; hiking; Nisei soldiers; Prisoners of War

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50:14 - Discussing where he was when war ended

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Keywords: 442nd; Atlantic Ocean; Nisei soldiers

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51:34 - Describes German POWs

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Keywords: civilian; German soldiers; guard duty; Italian; Prisoners of War; wine

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54:45 - Discussing anecdote of POW camp

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Keywords: chapel; German soldiers; guard duty; Prisoners of War; women

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57:07 - Discussing disbandment of 442nd CRT

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Keywords: 442nd; E Company; Italy; K Company

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