0:00 - Discussing 187th; and translator duties

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Keywords: civilians; discharge; discrimination in the military; Fort Snelling; interpreter; Japanese Americans; Japanese language school; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; occupation; Ota

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3:40 - Discuss meeting Japanese civilians

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Keywords: discrimination in the military; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; occupation; Ota

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6:13 - Discussing food in Japan; and conversation with Japanese civilians

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Keywords: Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; occupation; Tokyo; war; Yamahama

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8:49 - Discussing concentration camp; and marriage

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Keywords: Assembly Centers; interment camp; Japanese Americans; relocation centers

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11:36 - Recall explaining being a Japanese American Soldier in Japan

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Keywords: civilians; Nisei; occupation; war

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14:12 - Recalling safety in Japanese civilians' home; and Siamese translators

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; friendship; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; occupation; translation

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17:44 - Recalling verbal interpretation; linguistics staff; and confiscating guns; and swords I

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; occupation

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20:43 - Recalling verbal interpretation; linguistics staff; and confiscating guns and swords II

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Keywords: Hakujin; Japanese identity and values; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; occupation; war

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23:10 - Discussing work hours; and travel in Japan

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Keywords: friendship; interpreter; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; MIS; Nisei; occupation

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25:57 - Discussing terminology for interpretation; and red light district

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Keywords: linguistics; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; MIS; Nisei

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29:03 - Recall not seeing children; coal cars; and Japanese civilians demeanor

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Keywords: military occupation; Nisei; occupation

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32:06 - Discussing points to return home; and discharge

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Keywords: farm; friendship; homecoming; Issei parents; Nisei

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34:55 - Recall returning home; discrimination; and college I

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Keywords: "Jap"; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; race discrimination; war

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37:51 - Recall returning home; discrimination; and college II; and partnership firm

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Keywords: education; employment; higher education; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war; war

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40:35 - Discussing Japanese American acceptance; and wife

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; dating; Education; family; friendship; Japanese school; Nisei; weddig

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43:11 - Recalling marriage; graduation; and children

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Keywords: dating; family; higher education; Japanese identity and values; Nisei; Sansei

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46:15 - Discussing grandchild; advice for occupation duty; and level of success of occupation Japan

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Keywords: civilians; Japanese Americans; linguistics; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; MIS; Nisei

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49:33 - Discussing Nisei legacy

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values

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53:33 - Discussing race; and United States citizenship

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Keywords: discrimination; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; race discrimination

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55:52 - Discussing importance of oral histories

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Keywords: discrimination; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; military occupation; MIS; Nisei; Nisei veterans; war

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