Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi is with the War Investigation department. Tadayoshi investigates fallen airplanes that are buried by civilians. Later he is assigned to 25th Division with a war crime investigation. He recalls the investigation of the execution of seven soldiers.

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Japanese Americans; Killed in Action; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi discusses the pilot that dies in the fallen aircraft. Tadayoshi wants to write to the surviving family about the deceased pilot, but he is not allowed to due to military policies. On the royal grounds in Kyoto, a pilot was executed after surrendering. Tadayoshi shares the interrogation techniques that he uses on Japanese locals. The Japanese locals are aware of the Sugamo Prison. Once you are incarcerated in Sugamo Prison, you cannot leave.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Killed in Action; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation; post-war; surrender

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi continues to discuss the fallen aircraft buried by the Japanese locals. Flags are placed as markers where the airplanes went down. A few officers, a jeep driver, and Tadayoshi are assigned to go to a particular pin on the map. Tadayoshi describes the conditions of Japan after the war. Tokyo is 90% burned down. The only structure standing is the chimney to the public bathhouse. Japanese locals find shelter in a subway, and they are starving and dying.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation; post-war; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Note: Continued interview from August 18, 2007 conducted on September 16, 2007.

Tadayoshi "Tad" Sugiyama is born in San Francisco, California. He leaves Pittsburg at the end of August and goes to Hawaii. He stays in Hawaii for a few days because the refrigerator on the Liberty ship is broken. From Hawaii, the Liberty ship takes 20 days to arrive in Manila, Philippines. Tadayoshi is part of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) as an interpreter. He is with the war crimes investigation and invests fallen airplanes. Tadayoshi describes an assignment about a fallen naval plane.

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi arrives in Manila and goes to the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS). He is stationed in Manila for a month. In November, Tadayoshi arrives in Yokohama, Japan, and takes a train to Tokyo. He is sent to the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) to be interviewed, and he is assigned to war crimes investigation. Tadayoshi recalls going to Fukushima City to visit a Prisoner of War Camp. He says the accommodations for the Prisoners of War (POWs) are horrible. Some of the POWs become ill from the conditions. At the camp, POW is painted on the top of the building. This helps the United States airplanes to know where to parachute the provisions. Unfortunately, sometimes the provisions would land on the prisoner's head, killing them.

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Military Intelligence Service; occupation; Philippines; post-war; Prisoners of War; travel

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi visits a coal mine where the prisoners of war (POWs) are working. Next, Tadayoshi goes to Sendai with his captain. In Sendai, his captain requests for a jeep driver and some provisions (for a week). Because the captain has orders from General MacArthur's headquarters, he can get anything he needs. They stay in Sendai for eleven days before traveling to Fukushima with the 11th Airborne. The destination they arrive at is the 99th Division and stopover at the CIC Camp.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; mortar; occupation; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi asks for a day off and goes with the jeep driver Robert Nava (from Petaluma, CA) to a resort. He describes an incident at the hot springs. Before going overseas, Tadayoshi is studying stateside. He recalls the atomic bomb drop in Japan. He says at the time he is studying. There is no time for extra activities or talking. Going overseas, there are 200 detachments, and Tadayoshi has Corporal stripes (T5 stripes). On the ship, the guys play games or gamble. Tadayoshi says the Hawaiian soldiers have money because they are receiving money from back home. Tadayoshi did not feel comfortable asking his Issei parents for money especially since they are at Gila River.

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Keywords: "katonk"; Gila River; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Mainland soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; occupation; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi visits his family at Gila River. He talks to his parents about getting married. However, Tadayoshi gets married despite his parents' wishes to wait after his army service. Tadayoshi's wife receives dependency money, and they would save the money. On the way back from camp (towards Chicago), a navy man badgers Tadayoshi about either being Japanese or Japanese American. Tadayoshi recalls the train being a coal train. He says the condition of riding the train is not good.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; discrimination; Gila River; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; post-war; racism; wedding

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi is discharged at Camp Beale in California and goes to Minnesota. Tadayoshi and his wife go to Boston to see his older brother. Tadayoshi borrows the family car and drives to Seabrook to his in-laws. At Seabrook Farms, there are a lot of Issei working there packing frozen food. Before returning to California, Tadayoshi and his wife stop at Cheyenne, Wyoming. They go to a coffee shop, and Tadayoshi is wearing his uniform. He says they waited about 15 to 20 minutes, and they would not get served. Mary Noguchi also is traveling with Tadayoshi and his wife to California. Tadayoshi wants to leave. However, Mary says no, we will wait until we get served.

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Keywords: employment; family; Issei; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; racism; siblings; travel

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi discusses the demographic at Hamline University. He uses the term 4F and gives the definition. 4F means physically disabled unable to serve in service. 4C is considered aliens. Tadayoshi explains the contributions of the Nisei in the Army. In 1940 the Japanese Americans from San Francisco and Monterey go to school at Crissy Field for Military Intelligence. These men show the importance of Nisei. The majority of the men, in the beginning, are the 100th and Keibi Nisei. Tadayoshi talks about his contributions to the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). He describes his skill level of speaking and writing.

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Keywords: 100th; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; higher education; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Nisei soldiers

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Partial Transcript: In Japan, Tadayoshi goes AWOL (absence without leave) for five days with his cousin. Tadayoshi's cousin is discharged from the Navy Air Force as a Navel Instructor when the war ends. He trains men to be Kamikaze pilots. Tadayoshi meets his cousin for the first time in 1928. During the five days of AWOL, Tadayoshi and his cousin travel to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara. Post-war, 90% of Tokyo is destroyed, and the only remaining people in Tokyo are the elders. The servicemen who served in the war are leaving, and the young Japanese women move to the mountains. The young women move up to the mountains in fear of what would happen during the occupation.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; family; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation; post-war; travel

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi talks about the comments he hears from the Japanese locals about the occupation troops. The Japanese locals compliment the US soldiers as well behaved. The war ends in September, and Tadayoshi arrives in Japan in October. The Japanese locals are starving, and some of the US soldiers cared for the orphans. After the bombing, the buildings are destroyed. The only structures standing are the chimneys every few blocks. The US Air Force uses a firebomb on Tokyo. When the firebomb explodes, a sticky liquid fire would be release spreading multiple fires everywhere. The objective of the bomb is towards railroad stations. The Japanese locals would clean the cities and place the rubbles into piles.

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; occupation; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi recalls asking his cousin (Naval Instructor) about training. Tadayoshi asks him how he punished someone if they make a mistake. If one person makes a mistake, they all get punished. On VJ Day, Tadayoshi's cousin is considered expendable. Before WWII, his cousin goes to Seoul, Korea, for training. Post-war, his cousin works for the National Police Force in Japan, and his uncle (cousin's father) opens a porcelain roofing title store. Tadayoshi's uncle is the youngest of three children. His other uncle works in Manchuria on the railroad. When the war ends, he can get his wife and child back to Japan. Unfortunately, he does not make it.

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Keywords: basic training; family; Issei; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi's uncle, Takashi, waits for his son to return from Manchuria, but he does not return. The head of the family business goes to the grandson now. Tadayoshi's older brother knows more about the family situation in Japan. Currently, Tadayoshi's brother is not doing well. Post-war, Tadayoshi does not receive direct communication from MacArthur's headquarters on how they should behave. After the war, there are not many G.I. soldiers around, and the situation is a little more relax in Japan. During Tadayoshi's AWOL, he talks to his cousin about the war.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; family; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation; post-war; travel

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi discusses the homeland landscape and money conversion to the Japanese yen. Tadayoshi would buys goods for black-marketing. Since Tadayoshi is on temporary duty, he does not get a paycheck. Black-marketing is a way for him to earn income. Tadayoshi talks about the exchange rate (fifteen yen to a dollar). Tadayoshi says they could not go into the movie theaters in Japan. The only theater they are allowed to go to is the Ernie Pyle Theater. During his ten-day furlough, he spends his time visiting family and sightseeing.

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi says they are not allowed to spend any money on Japanese establishments such as movie theaters and restaurants. MacArthur's edict is they are not allowed to eat native food. Besides, there is not even food in Japan post-war. For food, they eat their rations. Tadayoshi mentions the incident with the MP (Military personals) from 99th Division. Also, the soldiers who were in the Philippines have enough points to go home. They did not have to go to Japan.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; C ration; invasion; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi's duty during occupation is investigating lost aircraft. Tadayoshi says the amp of the Tokyo area has many thumbtacks representing fallen aircraft. Tadayoshi talks to Mr. Mastani San, a CEO and founder of the movie studios about the fallen aircraft. There are rumors of a broadcast in Japan about any who participates in discriminative bombing and killing of the innocent Japanese population will be executed. Another rumor Tadayoshi hears of is the MIAs (missing in action) are buried at the palace grounds.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation

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Partial Transcript: After Sendai, the group is disbanded, and Tadayoshi transfers to another captain to Osaka. Tadayoshi investigates graves registration. He discusses the grave excavations.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi discusses the Lieutenant Colonel of the Japanese Army, who participates in the command to poison the airmen. The Lieutenant Colonel ends up in Sugamo Prison. Tadayoshi recalls Captain Kaneko and his reason for burying the airplane. Tadayoshi shares the story of the pilot from Detroit, Michigan who dies. Tadayoshi is not allowed to relay the results of the investigation to the surviving family.

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese Americans; Killed in Action; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; Nisei; occupation

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