0:00 - Answering Questions 27 & 28 of the Loyalty Questionnaire
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6:27 - University of Hawaii ROTC became the Hawaii Territorial Guard (HTG) after Pearl Harbor Attack / Hung Wai Ching recruited discharged Nisei in Hawaii for the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV)
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Keywords: "Japs"; 34th Construction Engineer Regiment; 4C Classification; American uniform; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Army Engineers; civil service unit; company; December 7th; defense; Enemy Alien Classification; Hawaii Territorial Guard; honorable discharge; HTG; Hung Wai Ching; Japanese population; liaison; military government; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; ROTC; Schofield Barracks; University of Hawaii; Varsity Victory Volunteers; VVV; War Department
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14:31 - Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV) worked with the 34th Engineer Regiment / VVV "Quarry Gang" impressed Assistant Secretary of War, John J. McCloy -- Led to creation of segregated Nisei military unit
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Keywords: "Father of VVV"; "Quarry Gang"; 34th Engineer Regiment; all-Nisei combat unit; Assistant Secretary of War; Defense Secretary; Hung Wai Ching; John J. McCloy; Kolekole Pass; manual labor; military engineers; military service; Nisei; segregated unit; Varsity Victory Volunteers; VVV; War Department
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19:42 - Nisei experience -- Proving loyalty to the United States while resembling the enemy
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Keywords: American citizen; American society; Chinese immigration; citizenship; democratization; discrimination; doubt; dual citizenship; enemy; European immigrants; face of enemy; fear; foreigners; Haole; immigrants; Irish; Issei parents; Italians; Japanese immigration; Japanese language school; military service; minorities; Nisei; Nisei experience; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; Pearl Harbor; resemblance to enemy; wartime; World War II; World War Two
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