0:00 - Leaving Kauai and traveling to Wisconsin

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Keywords: barracks (POW); Camp McCoy; parents; Prisoners of War; secret; train

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2:41 - Life in Wisconsin and meeting locals

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Keywords: citizens; hospitality; Mainland; passes; United Service Organization (USO)

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5:28 - Life in Wisconsin II and training exercises

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); basic training; Camp McCoy; hiking; machine gun squad; Madison; shell shock

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8:43 - Going to Camp Shelby and discussing experiences with segregation

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Keywords: Black people; Camp McCoy; Mississippi; race discrimination; racism

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10:55 - Training at Camp Shelby and wildlife in Louisiana

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Keywords: chiggers; divisions; military training; Mississippi; snakes

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12:23 - Discussing overseas trip to Oran, Algeria

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Keywords: Africa; combat; guard; New Jersey; ship; supply train

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15:31 - Landing in Salerno and first experience in combat

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); battle; death; Italy; realities of war; war

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18:50 - Close calls during combat

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); artillery; Cassino; Italy; luck; shell; trench; weapons

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22:34 - Close calls during combat II

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); artillery fire; Cassino; France; Italy; luck

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