Partial Transcript: From Fort Meade, Leo goes to Newport Dunes, Virginia, for additional training and his final medical shots. Leo boards the USS West Point and goes overseas. Leo describes what is like carried all his Army gear climbing a steep plank to board the ship.

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Keywords: European Theater; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo describes carried all his Army gear and climbing a steep plank to board the ship. Leo feels better when he sees other Nisei having the same issue. The convoy takes 24 days. During the voyage, Leo shares a story about a plane going down and dropping off soldiers in Africa. Fortunately, Leo says he did not get seasick during the travel.

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Keywords: convoy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; travel; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo discusses how he spends time on the ship during the voyage. He says there is a line for breakfast, a line for using the restroom, and a line for going on deck, the time goes by quickly. Leo lands in Italy, within three weeks, Italy surrenders. A few months after Germany surrenders too. Leo does not have contact with his brother Kenzo is in I Company during the war. Yutaka is shipped to an airbase in Germany, and Leo does not have a chance to contact him either.

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Keywords: 442nd; Army Air Corps; convoy; European Theater; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; siblings; surrender; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Kenzo is Leo's older brother. Kenzo is in I Company and one of the eight survivors from the Los battalion Rescue. The 141st Infantry, 36th division, is trapped for six months in the Vosges Mountains. The 442nd is brought in to rescue the 141st Infantry and break the Gothic Line. Then the 442nd goes to Geata, Italy. Gaeta Air Base is a German Prison Compound, where Leo sees Kenzo. Leo talks to Tommy Matsushita (Salt Lake, Utah), and Kenzo about the Lost Battalion rescue. Leo learns about Kenzo's near-death experience with a German 88 missile cannon.

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Keywords: 442nd; German soldiers; Gothic Line; Japanese American soldiers; Lost Battalion; Nisei; Prisoners of War; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: When Leo arrives in Naples, Italy, he receives a small handbook with Italian terminology to help him speak with the locals. Leo says the troops commute by trucks or boxcars to their various destinations. Compare to living in a diverse community in Idaho Falls, Leo feels good to be in a segregated unit. Leo knows everyone. The 92nd Division is segregated as well. Leo discusses the Gothic Line and the last push.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; artillery; German soldiers; Gothic Line; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; segregated unit; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo discusses the last push and the Gothic Line. He says the 100th chased the German soldiers down the mountain. However, the German soldiers counter-attacked, and the 442nd comes back for combat. Many 442nd encounters many casualties. Leo is in A Company, 171st Battalion, but he becomes a 442nd replacements.

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Keywords: 100th; 171st; 171st Infantry Battalion; 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; European Theater; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Killed in Action; Nisei soldiers; segregated unit; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Before Leo is transferred to the rifle company, C Company, 100th Battalion, he is a medic at the battalion medical aid station. At the medical aid station, Leo meets two Hawaiian soldiers from the 100th, Fumo Asada and George Abe. Fumo and George ask Leo to go to the water station. The Hawaiians have a nickname for the mainland soldiers called "katonk."

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Keywords: "katonk"; 100th; 171st; 442nd; European Theater; Japanese American soldiers; Mainland soldiers; Nisei soldiers; rifle; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo meets two Hawaiian soldiers from the 100th at the medical aid station named Fumo Asada and George Abe. They ask Leo to get water from the water station. Leo makes five trips filling the two cans. After two weeks of doing the same task, Leo asks them why they are not helping. From then on, Fumo and George help with getting water. Another Hawaiian soldier from the 100th tells Leo about a Japanese restaurant in town. They hitchhike into town 60 miles to find the Japanese restaurant. However, the restaurant did not offer Japanese food.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; European Theater; friendship; Hawaiian soldiers; Mainland soldiers; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo describes his Army uniform. When he joins the 442nd in the summertime, he is issued a winter uniform. Combat troops and riflemen are supposed to wear wool all year long. Leo remembers seeing sweat soaking through soldiers' shirts from the heat of the summer. In Livorno, Leo shares a story about Colonel Miller discovering a special technique the soldiers use for their uniforms.

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Keywords: basic training; European Theater; Japanese American soldiers; Livorno-Leghorn; Mainland soldiers; Nisei soldiers; rifle; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: In Livorno, Leo shares a story about Colonel Miller discovering a special technique the soldiers use for their uniforms. While in Livorno, Leo's younger brother, returning from Africa and stops by Italy before going back to Germany. Yutaka and Leo have a chance to reunite. They visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Keywords: 442nd; Army Air Corps; colonel; Commander; Germany; Japanese American soldiers; Livorno; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; photographs; siblings; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: At Camp Shelby, Leo learns weapon training. Leo is a rifleman for three weeks before he is reassigned to the 442nd as a placement. As a rifleman, Leo carries a Browning Automatic Rifle BR-88. He does not go into combat during the war. However, when Leo is a medic, he does treat a soldier who is injured. Leo recalls after the war, Leo hears someone calling for a medic. He grabs his gear and sees three soldiers badly burned by the kitchen tent.

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Keywords: 442nd; basic training; Camp Shelby; European Theater; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Naples; Nisei soldiers; rifle; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo help treats a badly burned soldier. Leo describes his condition. As Leo is treating the soldier, he sees a watch on his arm. Leo remembers a soldier showing him a watch that he buys on his pass to Switzerland. Leo realizes the soldier is Charlie Fujiki.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo helps transport Charlie Fujiki to the 61st Hospital. Leo explains to the Colonel at the hospital that there is an explosion in the kitchen and Charlie, and two German soldiers are burned. Charlie is from the 100th Battalion, C Company.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; colonel; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo tells the Colonel he gives Charlie Fujiki morphine previously before coming to the hospital. Unfortunately, Charlie passes away from his injury. The two German soldiers who are burned go to a German hospital. Four days later, Leo meets Charlie's brother and tells him that Charlie passed away peacefully with no pain.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; Camp Shelby; colonel; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Livorno; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Leo says one of the soldiers that help carry Charlie to the hospital also, meets Charlie's brother. At the time of the accident, Charlie is guarding the two German soldiers (POWs) on kitchen duty. Leo says Charlie's death is the worst thing that happens to him overseas. For three days, Leo could not eat due to the smell on his hands. Charlie has a Military funeral at Castelfiorentino, Italy. Other 100th and 442nd soldiers are also buried at Castelfiorentino, Italy.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; Camp Shelby; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Killed in Action; Livorno; Livorno-Leghorn; Nisei soldiers; Prisoners of War

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Partial Transcript: Leo visits the Castelfiorentino Cemetery and cannot believe how many Nisei are killed in Anzio Beach. Leo discusses treating another wounded soldier. The soldier is cut in the face by a hatchet. Leo calls Major Small, who is in charge of the dispensary. Major Small cannot come help and tells Leo to stitch up the patient.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; Anzio Beach; Japanese American soldiers; Killed in Action; Nisei soldiers

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Partial Transcript: Leo describes stitching the soldier's face. When the soldier wakes up, he thanks Leo for treating him. Leo advises him to go to the 61st hospital for a follow-up. Leo shares a story about John Garvey, a pharmacist from New York. John prescribes all the medications in Livorno, Italy. Leo says John is a smart guy.

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Keywords: 442nd; Japanese American soldiers; Livorno; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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