0:00 - The risks the Military Intelligence Service Nisei experienced in the front lines

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Keywords: combat zone; diseases; enemy fire; family in Japan; Hakujin bodyguards; identification; Nisei soldiers; POW

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5:43 - The role of Military Intelligence Service and Merrill's Marauders

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Keywords: air supply; behind enemy lines; Burma; captured documents; Merrill's Marauders; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei soldiers; translations

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8:35 - No knowledge of letters signed by MacArthur given to Military Intelligence Service interrogators

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Keywords: interrogations; letter; MacArthur

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8:56 - Occupation of Japan / Nisei soldiers influenced the Japanese people against wartime propaganda

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Keywords: counterintelligence; disarmament; Japan; Japanese language; Nisei soldiers; peaceful occupation; war crimes investigations

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12:04 - The tenuous dynamic between the Nisei soldiers and the Japanese People / Nisei soldiers with family in Hiroshima travel to the city right after the war

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Keywords: atomic bomb; family in Japan; Hiroshima; Japan; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei soldiers; peaceful transition

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16:41 - The role of the Kibei to the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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Keywords: Japanese language; Kibei; Military Intelligence Service Language School; ostracized; Sosho calligraphy; suspicion

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19:24 - The prewar thought that the Nisei would be the bridge between Japan and America

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Keywords: America; bridge; Issei; Japan; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; prewar experience

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23:48 - What writing the Military Intelligence Service official history project has meant to him

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Keywords: army history; author; father; historian; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei soldiers; The Greatest Generation

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31:41 - Researching the US Army's review of WWII records of Asian Americans to determine which veterans were deserving of the Medal of Honor

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Keywords: Asian Americans; Distinguished Service Cross; eligibility; Japanese Americans; Medal of Honor; President Clinton; records; research

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35:13 - The Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the Military Intelligence Service in 2000

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; General Shinseki; Military Intelligence Service; Presidential Unit Citation; unit valor

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38:22 - The distinction of 100th Infantry Battalion as compared to other infantry units

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; African American soldiers; divisions; Hawaiian soldiers; infantry unit; regiments

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42:36 - The legacy of the Military Intelligence Service Nisei

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Keywords: Defense Language Institute; interrogations; language training; linguists; military heritage; occupation of Japan; translations

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45:51 - The US Army today

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Keywords: combat operations; contingency operations; intelligence capability; language skills; military linguists; talent; technical skills; transformation

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48:14 - Difficulty in obtaining information on the Military Intelligence Nisei

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Keywords: illustrative stories; knowledge; Nisei veterans; personal ignorance; quiet veterans; reading between the lines; research; scattered

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51:58 - Using his history research for educational purposes

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Keywords: Defense Language Institute; historian; lectures; teaching

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52:52 - Meeting his wife / Family information

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Keywords: command historian; dating; Defense Language Institute; German language; language student; wife

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55:38 - Hopes for his grandchildren and the United States

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Keywords: avoiding a major war; Cold War; World War Two

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57:07 - What do want readers to get out of reading your official Military Intelligence Service book?

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Keywords: broader context; history; important topic; Nisei soldiers; veteran stories

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