Partial Transcript: Eddy says the barracks at Jerome are similar to Fresno Fair Grounds Relocation Center. For their meals, there is enough rice to eat because Arkansas is known for its rice harvest. However, he could not get used to the mutton meat. In the six months at Fresno, the Kurushima family learns how to make the most of the situation. Therefore, they could adjust to the living arrangements in Jerome.

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Keywords: barracks; interment camp; Issei; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: The weather on the West Coast is different from the East Coast. In Fresno, the weather is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. In Jerome, the weather is humid and snowy in the winter. Eddy recalls his mother and sisters hanging up curtains to create privacy inside the barracks. They have to make most of the furniture themselves with wood. At Jerome, Eddy did not have a hard time having hot showers. He discusses the communal facilities for the men and the women. Eddy mentions his mother's philosophy of keeping the family together. Having the family together during camp is the most important to their family.

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Keywords: barracks; family; interment camp; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; living conditions; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Although the Kurushima family was sent to Jerome, Eddy does not share the same barracks with his family. Eddy lives with two other bachelors from the newspaper office. Occasionally Eddy goes to visit his family. The nuclear family of eating together and living together disappears in camp.

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Keywords: family; interment camp; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy discusses the pros and cons of camp. Prewar, there was a class difference between living in the city and the country. However, going to Jerome, that notion of class disappears. The negative part of going to camp is the Japanese Americans are judged on their appearance and heritage. Eddy feels the evacuation and camp would not happen if President Roosevelt had listened to the Munson Report.

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Keywords: Issei; Japanese Americans; Nisei; racism; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy volunteers for the Army.

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Keywords: Japanese Americans; Nisei; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy learns about the 100th and their contributions from the newspaper in camp. Later he hears the news about the 442nd and 100th combined forces in Italy. He discusses the casualties of the Nisei in World War Two. Despite the casualties, Eddy's mother encourages him to go to the Pacific theater. She tells him to do his best.

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Keywords: casualty; European Theater; Issei parents; Japanese Americans; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Pacific Theater; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: Eddy goes to Camp Savage, and later Camp Savage closes. Eddy says he does not encounter John Aiso since Camp Savage was in the process of closing. Eddy also hears of Instructor Walter Tanaka and Instructor Tom Sakamoto, but there have already left Camp Savage. Eddy recalls learning to be cautious of Japanese soldiers and interrogate Prisoners of War (POWs) with kindness and humanity. Eddy goes to Fort McClellan, AL, for basic training with the Hawaiian soldiers. Later he goes to Camp Snelling.

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Camp Snelling; Fort McClellan; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei

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Partial Transcript: Eddy goes to Fort McClellan for basic training. He recalls the loyalty questionnaire questions of defending the United States or pledging allegiance to the Emperor of Japan. When the Japanese Americans are classified 4C (Enemy Alien), that is the hardest blow. Eddy says the Nisei decided to prove their loyalty as citizens by serving in the Army.

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Keywords: 442nd; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; basic training; enemy alien; Fort McClellan; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Mainland soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: In 1944, the Army is encouraging the Nisei to volunteer for the Pacific Theater.

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Keywords: 442nd; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; World War Two

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