0:00 - Landing in Japan after Japanese surrender

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Keywords: Emperor Hirohito; expeditionary force; Japanese surrender; Kamikaze; MIS; Okinawa; Philippines; translators

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3:36 - Potential for Japanese retaliation and Kamikaze pilots

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Keywords: adolescent; airport; Atsugi air base; Japanese soldiers; Kamikaze; Philippines

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5:45 - First impressions of landing in Japan

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Keywords: bomb holes; expectations; expeditionary force; Japanese soldiers; plane

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8:23 - One week at a silk mill in Yokohama

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Keywords: bus; destruction; half tracks; Imperial Palace; Japanese citizens; silk mill; suicide; Yokohama

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11:44 - Arriving at the Dai-Ichi Building in Tokyo

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Keywords: Dai-Ichi Building; GHQ; interpreter; Japanese surrender; Tokyo; translator

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13:33 - Interviewing people wishing to see MacArthur

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Keywords: appointment; door guard; Douglas MacArthur; government officials; interview; meeting; Nisei

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17:15 - Japanese opinions of Douglas MacArthur

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Keywords: Douglas MacArthur; homesickness; interpreter; Japanese citizens; Japanese occupation

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19:39 - War-torn Tokyo

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Keywords: destruction; Japanese citizens; starvation; Tokyo; train station

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22:45 - Family in Minnesota and Gila River incarceration camp

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Keywords: family; Gila River; homesickness; incarceration camp conditions; Minnesota; parents; wife

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23:53 - Working as a translator and mother's Japanese dialect

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Keywords: Dai-Ichi Building; dialect; interpreter; Japanese language; mother; occupation; Tokyo; translator

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27:00 - Letters written to Douglas MacArthur

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Keywords: Dai-Ichi Building; Douglas MacArthur; Japanese citizens; letters; newspapers; translator

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29:07 - Interacting with Japanese citizens

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Keywords: bar; food; food poisoning; fraternize; hospital; Japanese citizens; laundry; restaurant

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30:57 - Translating for government officials and Japanese citizens

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Keywords: Diet Building; farmers; food hoarding; government officials; interpreter; rice; translator

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34:45 - Encountering negativity as a Japanese American soldier

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Japanese citizens; negativity; Nisei; Nisei soldiers

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37:43 - Working for Major Tilton to talk about Japanese women's suffrage and democracy

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Keywords: democracy; interpreter; Japanese women; Tilton; translator; vote; voting; women's suffrage

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45:00 - Effects of the speeches about suffrage and democracy and teaching English

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Keywords: democracy; English language; interpreter; Japanese citizens; translator; women's suffrage

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48:45 - Writing letters home and family

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Keywords: children; family; homesickness; letters; wife; writing home

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51:33 - Homesicknesses and visiting stepfather's Japanese family

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Keywords: family; homesickness; Japanese family; letters; stepfather; wife

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