0:00 - Discussing why Hawaii is more fortunate; and community leaders

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Keywords: community organizations; discrimination; enemy alien; Executive Order 9066; friendship; interment camp; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Pearl Harbor; World War Two; WWII

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3:43 - Discussing community leaders; and Buddhist priest considered threat

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Keywords: Buddhism; community organizations; enemy alien; friendship; Hawaii; Issei; Issei parents; Japan; Japanese Americans; loyalty; Mainland; Nisei; war; World War Two

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6:17 - Discussing volunteering for service

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; family; friendship; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; war

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9:25 - Recalling mood of rejection of 442nd Regimental Combat Team; and volunteered again

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Keywords: family; Hawaii; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; war

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11:14 - Recalling first in family to volunteer; acceptance notice; and Schofield Barracks

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Keywords: basic training; Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war; World War Two

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13:59 - Recalling accommodation; issued gear; and homecoming

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Keywords: basic training; friendship; Hawaii; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nise; Nisei soldiers; Schofield Barrakcs; war; World War Two

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16:04 - Recalling waiting for instructions; orders; 200 soldiers; and length of trip to Mainland

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war

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18:30 - Recalling trip to Mainland; San Francisco; and instructions

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Keywords: basic training; California; Camp Savage; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; traveling

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21:17 - Discussing Camp Savage; and living conditions

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; barracks; basic training; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese language school; Mainland; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei veterans

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23:31 - Recalling special training; and language school

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; interrogate; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; translation; war; World War Two

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25:41 - Discussing level of difficulty; short hand; military language; and hours studied

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Savage; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei soldiers

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