Shig Hinatsu oral history interview, February 14, 1999, part 1 of 4

0:00 - Brief Introduction and discussing family

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Champaign Campaign; family; Issei parents; Portland; siblings

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1:59 - Growing up in Portland, Oregon

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Keywords: childhood activities; farming; Issei parents; Portland; siblings; sports

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4:39 - Discussing childhood and old Japantown

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Keywords: childhood activities; friends; hero; Japantown; Judo; Portland

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8:18 - Discussing high school and wrestling

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Keywords: childhood; education; high school; sports; wrestling

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9:40 - Being sent to Minidoka

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Keywords: American Concentration Camp:Portland; family; Minidoka; temporary detention centers

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10:45 - Parents settling after leaving Minidoka Concentration Camp

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Keywords: family; farming; Issei parents; Oregon; Portland; siblings

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12:06 - Experiences in Minidoka

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Keywords: American Concentration Camp; barracks; friends; Minidoka; social activities; sports

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17:11 - Discussing the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and basic training

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; cadre; Camp Shelby; Nisei soldiers

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21:37 - Relationship between the Mainland and Hawaiian soldiers

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; Mainland soldiers

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24:00 - Overview of events after leaving Camp Shelby

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; American Concentration Camp; France; furlough; Italy; Minidoka; travel

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25:35 - Discussing the mindset during combat

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; combat; foxhole; Italy; mindset

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