Minoru Tsubota oral history interview, part 4 of 7, July 27, 2002

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0:00 - Reporting to Camp Shelby / Assignment as supply officer

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; basic training; Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; maneuvers; supply officer; warrant officer

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4:22 - Interactions with officers

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Camp Shelby; Caucasian; enlisted soldiers; Hawaiian soldiers; Nisei soldiers; staff sergeant; warrant officer

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8:26 - News about the 100th Infantry Battalion

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); combat; Italy; losses; maneuvers; news; overseas; training

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9:06 - Caucasian officers' relationship with Nisei soldiers / Role as a supply officer

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Caucasian; infantry; Nisei soldiers; officers; prejudices; procurement; supply officer

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10:42 - Shipping out to Europe / Trip abroad

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Brindisi, Italy; convoy; European Theater; Hampton Roads; officers quarters; seasick; Virginia

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12:20 - On the frontline in Italy / Delivering rations and supplies to the infantry

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Keywords: ammunition; artillery; combat; deliveries; Lost Battalion; Naples; rations; supplies

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14:31 - Procurement in Italy / Japanese cuisine

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; food; Italy; Lost Battalion; military equipment; supplies

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16:55 - Keeping consistent supplies

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Keywords: "chazuke"; combat; food; German soldiers; Japanese cuisine; Nisei soldiers; soy sauce; supplies

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18:22 - Mother sends a senninbari / Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Dachau; good luck; incarceration camps; Jewish prisoners; mother; protection; senninbari; Tule Lake

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23:30 - German shelling incident

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; artillery fire; churches; flak gun; Florence; German soldiers; Rome; unit

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