Partial Transcript: When the government changes the status from 4C to 1A and requests service for the Army, Tadayoshi decides to volunteer for Military Intelligence Service (MIS) at Camp Savage. Tadayoshi volunteers for MIS because he would be closer to his girlfriend in Saint Paul, Minnesota (who is going to nursing school). Tadayoshi discusses Fred Oshima, joining the 522nd Artillery Battalion.

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; dating; Gila River; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi discusses the loyalty questionnaire, especially questions 27 and 28. Tadayoshi did not see any controversy in the questionnaire. He discusses how his wife's cousins answered the questions and are sent to Tula Lake. Tadayoshi's parents encourage their sons to go if they are requested to defend the country.

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Keywords: Executive Order 9066; Gila River; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; loyalty questions; Nisei; siblings; Tule Lake; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi talks about his cousin Hiroshi Sugiyama. He works for the Ino family and would go to Tadayoshi's father's restaurant for lunch. When there is a drawing for service, Hiroshi's draft number is picked. He is drafted in 1940 and is assigned to the medics unit. Pete Shinobu Sugiyama, Hiroshi's brother, is with the 442nd. Overseas, Pete receives the Bronze Star for Hiroshi.

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Keywords: 442nd; Bronze Star; draft; family; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Growing up, Tadayoshi and Hiroshi did not communicate much. Tadayoshi lives near Japantown, whereas Hiroshi lives near Golden Gate Bridge. They both attend different high schools. Tadayoshi shares his thought on the occupation of Japan and rumors of General MacArthur. Kay Kitagawa, Tadayoshi's friend, works closely with MacArthur's Head Quarters and takes Tadayoshi to MacArthur's office.

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Keywords: family; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; occupation; San Francisco; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi says the men in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) did a terrific job in World War Two because their fieldwork laid the foundation for MIS during the occupation. Tadayoshi recalls a classmate at Hamline University in Minnesota, and she would be worried about her brother who served in World War Two.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; occupation; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: (starts at 15 minutes and 42 seconds) Tadayoshi is holding his class photo of MIS, class C17, Fall of 1944, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Tadayoshi is 23 years old. The class of 1944 goes overseas together. Anyone who goes to Fort Dix, New Jersey, is trained to do radio communication for the invasion of Japan. The books on the table are dictionaries and military manuals of the Japanese Army.

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Keywords: Fort Snelling; invasion; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: Tadayoshi holds a photograph of his Company B, 34th Battalion at Fort McClellan, Alabama 1944. The front row are cadre members. The next photograph is the 2nd Platoon, Company B, Fort McClellan, Alabama, August 1944.

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Keywords: basic training; Fort McClellan; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland; Nisei; platoon; World War Two

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