Kazuo Yamaguchi oral history interview, part 3 of 6, May 4, 2003

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0:31 - Grandfather interned at Ellis Island

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Keywords: "internment camp"; American concentration camps; FBI; German Americans; grandchildren; immigrants; internees; internment

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4:14 - Family defamed by local newspaper -- Received support from non-Japanese friends

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Keywords: "Japs"; American citizens; American Red Cross; Floyd Bennett Field; newspaper headline; press; support from non-Japanese community

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7:41 - What America means to him

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Keywords: "gaijin"; education; green card; Japanese Americans; son-in-law

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9:25 - Drafted into the Army -- Classification changed from 1A to 4C (enemy alien)

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Keywords: Camp Upton; college; draft; Draft Board; enemy alien; President Roosevelt; ROTC; segregated unit

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12:49 - Basic training at Camp Blanding / Hated infantry training -- Learning about the incarceration camps changed his attitude

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Keywords: Amache; combat boots; forced march; Fort Dicks; Hawaiian Nisei; M1 rifle; Military Intelligence Service; Pidgin English; replacements; West Coasters

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19:35 - Volunteered to join the Military Intelligence Service -- Language training at Fort Snelling / John Aiso started the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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Keywords: barracks; Camp Savage; education; Japanese language; Mississippi River; Nisei; Pacific War

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25:17 - On V-E Day, shipped out of Fort Snelling -- Stopped in Emporia, Kansas / Cousin was wounded in action

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Keywords: "Million Dollar Wound"; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; foxhole; Japanese American soldiers; overseas; train

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