0:00 - Missions as an infantryman / Combat on the frontline

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Keywords: bamboo; bullet; covert operations; enemy; enemy fire; enemy lines; frontline; infantryman; information; Japanese soldiers; jungle warfare; machine gun; Myitkyina; rifle; scout; soldier; spy tactics

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2:50 - Distinguishing between enemy and friendly fire

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery; artillery fire; enemy fire; friendly fire; Germany; Japanese weapons; machine gun; sound; veteran

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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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Keywords: atomic bomb; Chongqing, China; Colonel Joseph K. Dickey; Kunming, China; Merrill's Marauders; orders; Sino Translation and Interrogation Center (SINTIC); Southeast Asia Translation and Interrogation Center (SEATIC); transfer

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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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Keywords: bomb; Dr. Yoshio Nishina; information; interrogation; intimidation; Japanese soldier; Kyoto University; lieutenant; nuclear weapon; overseas; weapon

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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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Keywords: birthday; Camp McCoy; classmates; criminal acts; discharge; faculty; Fort Snelling; instructor; Minneapolis; Minnesota; Monterey, Minnesota; SCAP Legal section; school; semester; transfer order; trial; University of Minnesota; war crimes

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27:11 - War crimes trials service

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Keywords: Boeing B-29 Superfortress; court monitor; defense monitor; G.I. Bill; interpreter; interrogator; medical experimentation; parole board; pilots; POWs; Tokyo University; translation; translator; trial; vivisection; war crimes; Western Army case

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