0:00 - Discussing traveling overseas; KP duties; and cadaver

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; casualty; Fort Meade; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; ration; troop; war

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3:51 - Discussing eating meals; and 100th and 442nd accomplishments

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Keywords: furlough; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; Nisei veterans; troop; unit; war; World War Two

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6:00 - Recalling training on the ship going overseas; gambling; North Africa; and Naples

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Cassino; Japanese American soldiers; Naples; Nisei; Nisei soldiers

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8:43 - Discussing Naples; replacement camp; Nationals; and number of soldiers

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; civilians; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war

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10:25 - Discussing replacement soldiers; equipment issue; assignment; and town visit

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers

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13:19 - Recalling seeing local town; and driver duty

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; casualty; hospital; Japanese American soldiers; Lieutenant; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; occupation; war

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15:47 - Recalling learning about the meaning of meat wagon; and reaction

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Italy; Japanese American soldiers; Naples; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; occupation; war

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18:08 - Recalling waiting for assignment; war ended; time at replacement camps; and writing to family

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; correspondence; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; siblings

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21:21 - Discussing momentum of family; hanamaki; and assign to regiment

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Keywords: family; furlough; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese identity and values; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; war

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23:54 - Recalling joining the100th Infantry Battalion; POWs; and resort town

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Central Europe; civilians; German soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; Prisoners of War; travel; war

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