0:00 - Shipped to Honolulu, Hawaii -- Assigned to 77th Infantry Division
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Segment Synopsis: He was assigned to a division that shipped out early. He was first sent to Honolulu, HI and assigned to the 77th Infantry Division.
Keywords: 77th Infantry Division; brother; division; Honolulu; Indiana Division; Military Intelligence Service; mother; New York; shipping out; Statue of Liberty Division
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
2:41 - First battle experience -- Beach assault in Guam
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Segment Synopsis: He was sent to Guam with the 77th Infantry Division, which was his first operation with the Military Intelligence Service. He describes the beach assault with the 77th Infantry Division in Guam.
Keywords: 77th Infantry Division; battle; bullets; foxhole; Guam; Honolulu; landing craft; operation; radioman; troop transport
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
7:04 - First night on the front lines -- Set off tracers from the foxholes
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10:29 - Friend killed by friendly fire in Iwo Jima
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Segment Synopsis: His friend was killed in battle because he had been mistaken as the enemy.
Keywords: American uniform; friendly fire; Iwo Jima; Japanese civilians; Japanese language; Japanese soldier; killed in action; wounded in action
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
14:01 - Assigned a bodyguard so as not to be mistaken as the enemy
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Segment Synopsis: He talks about being assigned bodyguards to protect him from friendly fire and being mistaken as the enemy.
Keywords: bodyguard; Guam; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; reconnaissance
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
15:15 - Amphibious landing against General Yamashita's forces at he Battle of Leyte
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Segment Synopsis: He describes the assault in Leyte against General Yamashita's forces.
Keywords: 11th Airborne Division; amphibious landing; casualties; General Yamashita; Japanese soldiers; Leyte; New Caledonia; stand still
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
17:50 - Prisoner of War shot in front of him in Guam / Airborne attack during the Battle of Leyte
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Segment Synopsis: He describes an instance in Guam when a prisoner was shot and killed in front of him. He also talks about seeing piles of dead bodies during the Battle of Leyte.
Keywords: airborne attack; airplanes; dead bodies; division headquarters; Guam; Leyte; Marine; Prisoner of War
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
21:59 - Rescued Japanese civilians that hid in tombs in Iwo Jima
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Segment Synopsis: He describes a grave site that he visited in Iwo Jima. Japanese civilians would hide in the tombs and need to be rescued.
Keywords: bomb squad; grave sites; Iwo Jima; Japanese civilians; Japanese soldiers; tomb
Subjects: World War II--Military service World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service