Kenji Yaguchi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 11, 2008

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0:00 - Discussing the U.S. concentration camp system

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Keywords: correspondence; Executive Order 9066; living conditions; reference letters

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2:19 - Describes harvesting potatoes and sugar beets

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Keywords: farming; Idaho; internment camp; trucks

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4:06 - Discussing family evacuation from home

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Keywords: Assembly Centers; Issei parents; living conditions; possessions; property; Puyallup; siblings

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6:52 - Discussing family evacuation from home II; farm

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Keywords: Executive Order 9066; farming; friendship; pets; property

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9:09 - Describes Puyallup; atmosphere of camp

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; living conditions; military transport; soldiers

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12:17 - Describes Puyallup II; temperament of internees

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Keywords: civil rights; incarceration; internment camp; Issei; Nisei; race discrimination; unrest

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15:35 - Discussing values taught at home

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Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Japanese identity and values

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16:40 - Discussing receiving visitors at Puyallup

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Keywords: diploma; friendship; high school; Idaho; labor

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18:53 - Describes Minidoka concentration camp

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Keywords: 4C status; boy scouts; field trips; Idaho; incarceration camps; military; volunteer

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22:22 - Describes Minidoka camp II and release

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Keywords: coal; family; labor; military; railroad; siblings; volunteer

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24:49 - Describes military recruitment at Minidoka

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; enlist; Hattiesburg; military training; segregation

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28:04 - Discussing racism experience post-war

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Keywords: "Jap"; Nisei veterans; race discrimination; rural communities; Washington

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29:36 - Discussing segregation in Mississippi

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Keywords: African Americans; civil rights; racism

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31:10 - Discussing training at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: basic training; camaraderie; Hawaiian soldiers; heat; humidity; pidgin

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33:32 - Discussing Hawaiian and Mainland relations

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Keywords: "katonk"; Hawaiian soldiers; internment camps; Mainland soldiers; Nisei soldiers

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34:57 - Describes his special training and deployment

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Keywords: Company C; First Battalion; infantry; military training; Newport News

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36:52 - Discussing travel overseas

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Keywords: convoy; gambling; Hawaiian soldiers; Liberty ship; Mainland soldiers; submarines

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38:46 - Discussing battalion assignment change; and U.S. military structure

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; military units; National Guard; Nisei soldiers

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40:58 - Discussing his duties as a "mine sapper"

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Keywords: booby trap; Combat Engineer Company; foxhole; German soldiers; mines

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42:26 - Describes German mine system; and American soldier KIA

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Keywords: casualty; German military; German soldiers; military tactics; mines; shrapnel; teller mines

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45:53 - Describes first combat experience

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Keywords: aircraft; Anzio; artillery fire; bomb; enemy fire; German soldiers; propaganda

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48:55 - Describes emotions in first battle

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Keywords: casualty; combat; France; German soldiers; Nisei soldiers; soldiers

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51:28 - Describes interactions with European civilians

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Keywords: civilians; dinner; France; friendship; Italy; social activities

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53:42 - Discussing combat in Italy

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Keywords: artillery fire; enemy fire; Naples; shells; tank

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55:39 - Discussing experience in Marseilles

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Keywords: African American soldiers; social activities; Southern France

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