Frank Masuoka oral history interview, part 2 of 2, March 19, 2010

0:00 - Describes his time in Tokyo and Korea

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Keywords: Chinese Americans; Chinese soldiers; interpreters; Korean Americans; Korean War; linguists; North Korean soldiers; POW

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2:54 - Discussing details about processing Japanese soldiers in Korea

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Keywords: family; interpreter; interrogate; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; POW; repatriation; Seoul

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5:49 - Discussing anecdote regarding Tokyo; Japanese officer in wife's family

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Keywords: family; Japanese soldiers; military occupation; spouse; World War Two

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8:02 - Discussing timeline of his narrative; 1942-1950

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Keywords: civilians; claims officer; GHQ; interrogate; Korea; Tokyo; translation

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10:25 - Describes Tokyo in early 1950s

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Keywords: civilians; devastation; military occupation; reconstruction

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13:26 - Discussing traveling and sight seeing in Japan

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Keywords: civilians; Kamakura; Nara Park; Nikko; Osaka; politics; social activities

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15:23 - Describes his communications with Japanese soldiers in Korea

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Keywords: conversation; family; interrogate; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Japanese language

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17:38 - Communications with Japanese soldiers II; cultural identity

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese identity and values; Japanese soldiers; military occupation; Nisei soldiers; politics

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20:36 - Discussing Japanese soldiers communications with Caucasian interpreters

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Keywords: Hakujin; interrogate; Japanese identity and values; linguists; Military Intelligence Service Language School

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23:51 - Discussing interactions with Japanese citizens

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Keywords: conversations; extended relatives; Japanese identity and values; Japanese military; military occupation; politics

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25:17 - Describes the Black Market in Korea and Japan

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Keywords: civilians; interpreters; Korean War; military exchange; social activities

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26:43 - Discussing his linguists crew; Korean Americans and Chinese Americans

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Keywords: Chinese soldiers; interpreters; Military Intelligence Service Language School; North Korean soldiers

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28:10 - Describes living with his wife in Japan

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Keywords: military base; military occupation; spouse; Tokyo

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29:49 - Discussing travels to Japan and Korea after military service

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Keywords: family; social activities; travel

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31:17 - Discussing reflections of his experience living in Japan

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Keywords: military occupation; officer's club; social activities; U.S. military base; Washington Heights

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33:51 - Discussing his second stint in military language school

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Keywords: Japanese language; Korean War; Military Intelligence Service Language School; politics; Tokyo

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35:16 - Discussing how he met his wife; childhood friends

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Partial Transcript: background voice 35:53-37:31

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Keywords: childhood activities; higher education; siblings

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37:34 - Describes curriculum of second military language school

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Keywords: Japanese language; linguist; Military Intelligence Service Language School; military jargon; Monterey

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39:24 - Describes his assignment in Japan post-war

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Keywords: claims officer; interrogate; Japanese soldiers; translation

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42:36 - Discussing interrogating POWs

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Keywords: claims officer; interpret; Japanese soldiers; Maizuru

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