0:00 - Learning of Japan's surrender

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Keywords: Battle of Okinawa; Fort Snelling; Japanese military; landing

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3:21 - Finishing language school and the voyage to Japan

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Keywords: brother; Fort Snelling; Japan; military occupation; seasickness; transport ship; wounded in action

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7:52 - Devastation in occupied Japan

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Keywords: ancestor; atomic bomb; nature of war; Tokyo; Yokohama

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10:25 - Assignment to GHQ

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Keywords: ATIS; Camp Zama; devastation; Imperial Palace; Japan; NYK Building

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12:19 - Food supply in post-war Japan

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Keywords: farms; Japanese citizens; potato; rice; starvation; Tokyo; train

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16:47 - Sights and sounds of post-war Japan

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Keywords: black market; C ration; cigarettes; K ration; military occupation; Nisei; orphans

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25:34 - Resourcefulness of post-war Japanese citizens

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Keywords: "pan pan girl"; automobiles; charcoal; cooking; homeless; living conditions; shelter; transportation

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32:58 - Interacting with the citizens of occupied Japan

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Keywords: Japanese citizen; military occupation; post-war; Russian; savior; Washington Document Center; wealthy

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37:38 - Assignment with ATIS and the Washington Document Center

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; G2 Intelligence; General McArthur Headquarters (GHQ); NYK Building; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP); translation; war crimes trial

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45:13 - Working with former Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: communication; cooks; Japanese nationals; jobs; military occupation; Nisei

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47:20 - Explaining Japanese culture to Caucasian comrades

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Keywords: cultural differences; culture; Japanese identity and values; military occupation

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