0:00 - Distinction of the 160th Infantry Division

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Keywords: 160th Infantry Division; active service; band; Hollywood National Guard; movie studios; musicians

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1:30 - Nisei Melodeon Band

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Keywords: band; Japanese-Americans; Jimmy Dorsey; music; musicians; Nisei; Seattle; University of Washington

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3:22 - Day of the Pearl Harbor attack / Reactions to attack

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Keywords: band; Caucasian; communication; family; Japan; Pacific Theater; Pearl Harbor; San Luis Obispo, California

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5:18 - Assignments following attack / Transfer to Fort Bliss, Texas

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Keywords: aircraft manufacturing; Fort Bliss; guard duty; Long Beach, California; March Air Force Base; Nisei soldiers; Riverside, California; train

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7:35 - Arrival to reception center at Fort Bliss

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Keywords: El Paso, Texas; Fort Bliss; Japanese Americans; Nisei soldiers; Private First Class (PFC); reception center; supplies; weapons

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10:47 - Family during the war / Rounding up of Japanese community leaders

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Keywords: communication; community leaders; discharge; family; forced removal; incarceration camps; Issei; leave of absence

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14:14 - Attempting to enroll in Officer Candidate School

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Keywords: ancestry; boxcars; Fort Bliss; Japanese; Officer Candidate Schoo (OCS)l; Prisoners of War; soldiers; supplies

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15:35 - Serving as an interpreter for a general court martial case

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Keywords: court martial; courtroom; enemy aliens; incarceration camps; interpreter; Issei; New Mexico; shooting

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22:05 - Major helps with Japanese American prisoners' concerns with the state of camps

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Keywords: living conditions; major; officer's quarters; prisoners; Prisoners of War; respect; showers; witnesses

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26:18 - Applying for warrant officer junior grade position

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Keywords: court martial; designation; examination; Japanese Americans; Non-Commissioned Officer; private first class; reception center; warrant officer

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