0:00 - Interrogated friend from childhood during Wadke Island campaign -- Reunited with him in Hiroshima after the war
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Keywords: childhood friend; China; cigarettes; Hiroshima; interpreters; interrogation; Japanese army; Japanese linguists; Japanese soldiers; KIA; Killed in Action; linguists; Malaria; Master Sergeant; natives; New Guinea; Nisei; Nisei soldier; prisoners of war; processing POWs; processing prisoners of war; subordinate; tactical information; Wadke Island
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11:15 - Sent to the Philippines after recovery from Malaria -- Underwent training for Invasion of Japan
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14:03 - Denied leave to return home -- Continued training for invasion of Japan / Educated American soldiers about fighting in Japan
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18:35 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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23:01 - Re-enlisted with the Occupation Forces / Visied the bomb site in Hiroshima, Japan
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