Arthur Kuwahara oral history interview April 16, 2000, part 1 of 2

0:00 - Brief introduction and information about parents

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; immigration; Issei parents; Maui; plantation

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4:16 - Discussing siblings

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Keywords: family; job occupation; Mainland; siblings

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8:07 - Growing up in Paia, Maui

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Keywords: childhood; education; family:Paia; Hawaii; Japanese language school; sports

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13:08 - Discussing career pre and post-war

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Keywords: career; Hawaii; high school; plantation; retirement; sugar mill

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17:13 - Remembering Pearl Harbor and the aftermath

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Keywords: aftermath; discrimination; family; Hawaii; Pearl Harbor

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20:58 - Enlisting into the service

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Keywords: enlist; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; loyalty; Mississippi; Schofield Barracks; travel

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24:50 - Camp Shelby and Mississippi

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Keywords: Black people; Camp Shelby; discrimination; Hattiesburg; Mississippi; racial treatment

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27:37 - Details about basic training

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Camp Shelby; D Company; machine gunner

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33:17 - Discussing officers and the furlough experience

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Shelby; D Company; furlough; Haole; Non-Commissioned Officer; travel

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36:43 - Heading and arriving in Europe

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; European Theater; France; German soldiers; Italy; Rome

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42:09 - Discussing more about Italy

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; France; Italy; loyalty; Rome

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45:11 - Discussing fate: part 1

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Keywords: artillery fire; family; fate; France; good luck charm; Japanese identity and values; senninbari

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53:51 - Discussing fate: part 2

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Keywords: combat; European Theater; fate; senninbari,family

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56:40 - Discussing The Lost Battalion

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; D Company; France; Lost Battalion; machine gun

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60:41 - Reflections from The Lost Battalion

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Biffontaine; France; Lost Battalion

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