Paul Matsumoto oral history interview, part 2 of 2, September 27, 2006

0:00 - Discussion on those that went to Rohwer and Jerome Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Buddha heads; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; katonk; Mainland soldiers

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2:31 - Training and assignments overseas

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Keywords: assistant jeep driver; infantryman; Italy; radio man; shelling

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4:38 - Assignments overseas II- captains

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Bill Oshiro; Daniel Inouye; L Company; officers

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6:48 - Discussion on being in combat

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Keywords: ammunition; food; German soldiers; jeep driver; lieutenant Oshiro; Lost Battalion

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9:20 - Experiences as a jeep driver

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Keywords: Bill Oshiro; land mine; Lieutenant Oshiro; mule; Southern France

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11:47 - Discussion on war situations

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Keywords: 3rd Platoon; patrol; radio man; wounded

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13:51 - Experiences during the Gothic Line

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Keywords: Italy; radio man; wounded

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15:37 - Getting wounded

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Keywords: dream; Hawaii; head wound; Kas Adari; Kazuo Mori; radio man

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18:57 - Getting wounded II

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Keywords: disability compensation; dizzy; shrapnel

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20:22 - Platoon & Squad Detail

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Keywords: headquarters; jeep driver; radio man; tree bursts

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22:44 - Keeping in contact with family while overseas

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Keywords: birthday; Chaplain Yamada; letters; restrictions; updates

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24:29 - Wound recovery

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Keywords: Andrews sisters; Camp Beale; German soldiers; points system; Prisoners of War; Riverside; supply depot; USO Show

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26:32 - Discharge from the Army

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Keywords: December 1945; family

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27:46 - After the war

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Keywords: Ewa Beach; family; Hilo; post master; Postal Service; supervisor

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29:45 - Starting a family

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Keywords: children; daughters; sons; wife

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32:38 - Starting a family II

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Keywords: children; grandchildren

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34:11 - Looking back at history

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Keywords: American; American concentration camp; incarceration; Japanese American; US Government

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37:20 - Passing down values

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Keywords: American; family; future; Japanese Americans

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