0:00 - Japanese surrender -- Description of ceremony

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Keywords: air force; American soldiers; army; ceremony; China; Chinese soldiers; General McClure; General Okamura; He Yingqin; Japanese delegation; Japanese soldiers; Japanese surrender; navy; photographer; program; representation

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4:18 - Photographs and discussion of time in the Army and serving on war crimes trial

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Keywords: bunkmate; chief prosecutor; classmate; comfort girls; defense; drawing; execution; General Isamu Yokoyama; honor list; interrogation; killed in action (KIA); medical experimentation; Philippines; photographs; pipe; POWs; prosecution; Tokyo University; trial; uniform; verdict; vivisection; war crimes

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8:24 - Assignments after war trial / Wife's duties as a registered nurse

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Keywords: assignment; attorney; course; courtroom; G.I. Bill; General MacArthur; Incheon; inspection; interpreter; inventory; Japan; Korean War; medical chest; parole board; physician; registered nurse; resignation; trial; University of Minnesota; war crimes; wife

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10:05 - Reunion with parents / Brother's role in the military

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Keywords: (MP); airport; brother; discharge; Japan; military police; Minneapolis; parents; relocation

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11:14 - Military awards

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Keywords: Bronze Star; campaign badge; certificate of appreciation; China; combat-infantry badge; interpreter; interrogator; Merrill's Marauders; military awards; oak leaf cluster; Presidential citation; SCAP Legal Section; translator

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12:51 - After the war -- Returning to school, careers, and raising a family

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Keywords: bachelor of arts (BA); children; consultant; cultural exchange; daughters; family; grandson; higher education; interpreter; Library of Congress; master of arts (MA); National Security Agency (NSA); Pittsburgh; processing librarian; program; retirement; Sacramento; school; senior analyst; state department; University of Southern California (USC); Walnut Creek, California; war

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14:20 - Serving in the Military Intelligence Service -- secrecy surrounding it and classified information

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Keywords: book; declassified information; Freedom of Information Act (FIA); information; Military Intelligence Service (MIS); Pentagon; secrecy

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15:32 - Veterans' organizations / Veterans' reunions

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Keywords: 50th anniversary; activities; Fort Benning; hall of fame; Japanese Americans Veterans' Association; meetings; member; Merrill's Marauders; Nashville, Tennessee; Rangers; reunion; Southern California M.I.S.; technology; troops

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17:14 - Message to future generations about Nisei soldiers

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Keywords: American; ancestry; ethnicity; military service; Nisei soldiers; race; spirit; war

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18:30 - Meeting wife and bringing her to Japan

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Keywords: assignment; colonel; Dai-Ichi building; dependent; engagement; essential; Fort Snelling; General MacArthur; graduation; Incheon; Japan; Korea; marriage; Minnesota; overseas; rank; registered nurse; resignation; student; teacher; University of Minnesota; wife

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21:14 - Thoughts on monument unveiling in Los Angeles / Conclusion

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Keywords: "Go For Broke"; Los Angeles; monument

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