Masao Shimizu oral history interview, part 1 of 2, November 6, 2010

0:00 - Introduction; and discussing parents

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Keywords: California; employment; Hawaii; Japan; picture brides; Yamaguchi

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2:48 - Father's personality; and childhood move to Japan

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Keywords: depression; employment; family; Hawaii; Kibei; school; sister

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5:33 - Japan II-discussing former classmates; and discussing mother and grandparents

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Keywords: education; friendship; Killed in Action; school; war

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8:29 - Returning to the United States; and relationship with father

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Keywords: draft; employment; farmer; Japan; parents

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10:48 - Visiting Japan post-war

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Keywords: Buddhism; church; parents; reverend; Tokyo

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12:56 - Returning to the United States II

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Keywords: boat; correspondence; Japan; parents; San Francisco

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15:12 - Childhood experiences with discrimination

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Keywords: "Jap"; citizenship; English; Great Depression; Japanese language; school

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18:19 - Working with parents; and discussing friendships and siblings

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Keywords: education; English; farm; fruit; Japanese language; Kibei; Nisei

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20:43 - Working II; getting drafted; and attack on Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Arizona; basic training; Camp Roberts; farm; mess hall; parents

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24:03 - Draft II; experiences at Camp Roberts; and aftermath of Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: Arizona; discrimination; Fort Bliss; Hakujin; Kibei; Nisei soldiers

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27:03 - Aftermath of Pearl Harbor- experiences at Fort Bliss; and experiences as a Kibei

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Keywords: education; Emperor; Fort Snelling; Japanese American soldiers; loyalty; MIS; volunteer

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29:41 - Attending Army baking and cooking school; working in a mess hall; and interactions with officers

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Keywords: Camp Maxey; colonel; Fort Bliss; Hakujin; Mexico; Nisei; Texas

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32:24 - Visiting incarceration camps while on furlough

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Keywords: Amache; Arkansas; California; Colorado; friend; Rohwer; Tule Lake

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34:46 - Incarceration camps II; and training at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: "evacuation"; Amache; cook; farmer; meal; mess hall; Tule Lake

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37:00 - Traveling to Europe; and meeting up with the 442nd

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Keywords: Company A; England; France; Menton; Queen Mary; ship; torpedo

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39:29 - Assignment with the 100th; and combat experiences in Italy

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Keywords: Company A; France; front line; German soldiers; Pisa; shell; winter

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42:06 - Combat experiences II; and interactions with Sadao Munemori

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Keywords: battlefield; Commander; dark; foxhole; front line; machine gunner; mine; shrapnel

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44:36 - Combat experiences III- getting injured; and Sadao Munemori II

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Keywords: foxhole; grenade; Killed in Action; machine gunner; shrapnel

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47:00 - Discussing discrmination of Nisei soldiers; combat experiences III; and the end of the war

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Keywords: battlefield; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; German soldiers; government; United States

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49:19 - End of the war II; and discussing German soldiers

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Keywords: camera; capture; cook; disarm; United States

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52:22 - Discussing the 442nd and 100th; and soldiers in labor battalion

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; Company A; Kibei; Nisei; point system; replacement

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