Hideto Kono oral history interview, part 4 of 6, September 26, 1999

0:00 - Discussing cave-flushing assignment

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Keywords: civilians; Commander; grenade; Iwo Jima; shrapnel; soldiers; suicide

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2:30 - Cave-flushing II

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Keywords: Captain; interview; Iwo Jima; POW

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5:09 - Cave-flushing III

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Keywords: Iwo Jima; military; Navy; submarines

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7:36 - Other experiences on Iwo Jima; and preparation to go to occupied Japan

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Keywords: airplane; B51; Honolulu; Philippines; surrender; troop

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10:31 - Assignment in Tokyo

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Keywords: airfields; airplane; Marines; military occupation; Navy

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12:41 - Tokyo assignment II; and getting discharged

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Keywords: airplane; Japan; point system; University of Hawaii; Zero plane

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14:30 - Experiences interrogating Japanese POWs

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Keywords: cave; family; Iwo Jima; Saipan; surrender; weapons

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17:36 - Interactions with Japanese POWs; and discussing raids on Saipan and Iwo Jima

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Keywords: American; bomb; cannon; fighting; gun; Navy

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19:41 - Discussing Saipan- interrogation of Okinawan; and suicides

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Keywords: civilians; Japan; rumor; terrain

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22:03 - Interrogation of a Captain on Iwo Jima

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Keywords: capture; General; sacrifice; scar; suicide; sword

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24:44 - First impressions of Saipan and Iwo Jima; and cave-flushing IV

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Keywords: bombing; caves; island; Marines; Navy; trees

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26:44 - Cave-flushing V

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Keywords: 442nd; enemy; flood; Nisei soldiers; smoke

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