0:00 - Missions as an infantryman / Combat on the frontline
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2:50 - Distinguishing between enemy and friendly fire
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4:02 - Japanese war souvenirs / Japanese soldiers' good luck charms and superstitions
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Keywords: "go-sen"; "omamori"; barracks; binoculars; brother; cave flushing; coin; diary; five cents; flamethrower; good-luck charm; Japanese currency; Japanese soldiers; leaflets; letters; mail; Office of War Information (OWI); officer; propaganda; shrine; superstition; temple; war souvenirs
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7:19 - Transfer from Kunming to Chongqing, China
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8:11 - Discovery of the development of a Japanese atomic bomb
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Keywords: "genshi bakudan"; accident; Army Air Corps; atomic bomb; atoms; bomb; dictionary; interrogation; interrogation center; Japanese Air Corps; Japanese Army; Japanese Navy; Kyoto, Japan; lieutenant; matchbox; Osaka University; personnel; Professor Yoshio Nishina; scientific terms; sponsor; study; Tokyo Imperial University; weapon; weapons development
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11:16 - Report on Japanese atomic bomb / United States drops atomic bomb on Japan
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Keywords: atomic bomb; Chonqing, China; colonel; commander; description; dictionary; document; hot spring; interrogation; jeep; lieutenant; matchbox; officer; Officer Candidate School (OCS); procedure; salute; Sino Interrogation and Translation Center (SINTIC); technical terms; war; weapon; written report
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15:53 - Conformation of an atomic bomb -- Japan's struggle to develop atomic technology
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Keywords: atomic bomb; Dr. Charles Weiner; Dr. Herbert York; explosion; information; isotope; Japan; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); nuclear reaction; nuclear weapon; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; University of California, San Diego (U.C.S.D.); Uranium; Washington Post; Washington Star; weapons development
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17:45 - Discussion of captured Japanese lieutenant -- Why was he so forthcoming with information?
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19:14 - Dropping of the second atomic bomb / Serving as an interpreter for Japanese surrender
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Keywords: airplane; armed; arms; arrogance; atomic bomb; Buick Roadmaster; Chevrolet; chief of staff; Chinese Army; Chongqing, China; colonel; commander; emperor; G.I.; General McClure; hotel; Japanese delegation; Japanese soldiers; Japanese surrender; march; Nanking, China; orders; personal interpreter; sidewalk; vehicle; war
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23:19 - Return to the United States
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Keywords: "Sentimental Journey"; airplane; airport; American citizen; American flag; band; Calcutta, India; Chongqing, China; duty; general; harbor; liberty ship; major; Manchuria; New York City; right; rotation home; Suez Canal; uniform; United States of America
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25:54 - Discharge to Minnesota / Serving on war crimes trials
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27:11 - War crimes trials service
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