Hideo Mizuki oral history interview, August 20, 1996, part 1 of 2

0:00 - Brief introduction and discussing family

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; Issei parents; Maui; siblings

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2:44 - Growing up in Kahului

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Keywords: childhood; childhood activities; Kahului; Maui; plantation

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6:00 - Living on a plantation

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Keywords: childhood; Hawaii; Kahului; living conditions; plantation

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8:25 - Discussing Japanese language school and high school

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Keywords: education; Hawaii; high school; Japanese language school; jobs; sports; strict

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14:58 - Remembering Pearl Harbor and the aftermath

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Keywords: aftermath; blackouts in war; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; Martial Law; Pearl Harbor; sports

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20:06 - Discussing child rearing

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Keywords: child rearing; family; Issei parents; Japanese identity and values

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21:12 - Discussing people being arrested after Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: arrest; Hawaii; incarceration; Japanese Americans; Japanese community

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23:25 - Volunteering for the service

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Keywords: dual citizenship; enlist; family; Hawaii; Japanese Americans; patriotism; volunteer

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27:56 - Experiences at Camp Shelby

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Camp Shelby; living conditions; Schofield Barracks; voyage

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31:14 - Discussing Caucasian Officers and furlough experiences

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Caucasian Officers; Chicago; furlough; Haole; New York; prejudices

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35:18 - Experiences with prejudices and discrimination

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Black people; discrimination; furlough; Japanese Americans; Mississippi; prejudices

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37:47 - Relationship between Mainland soldiers and Hawaiian soldiers

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Katonk; Mainland soldiers

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39:25 - Discussing Earl Finch

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Shelby; Earl Finch; Japanese Americans; New Orleans

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41:37 - More about experiences in Mississippi and Camp Shelby

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Black People; Camp Shelby; Mississippi; prejudices

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44:46 - Arriving in Italy and role played in the army

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Keywords: 2nd Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Browning Automatic Rifle; E Company; infantry; Italy

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48:12 - Experiences with combat

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; casualty; combat; front line; infantry; Italy

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51:15 - Discussing the Arno Campaign and scouting

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Arno; E Company; Italy; scout

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54:21 - Being captured by the Germans: part 1

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; European Theater; German soldiers; Prisoners of War; scout

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58:03 - Being captured by the Germans: part 2

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Keywords: German soldiers; Germany; interrogate; Japanese American soldiers; Prisoners of War

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