0:00 - Personal memories from December 7, 1941/Living under Martial Law after Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; breakfast; brother; Buddahead; curfew; draft; Martial Law; military bases; Oahu; Pearl Harbor; planes; radio; Schofield Barracks; weapons; Wheeler Field

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4:14 - Leaving his family/Meeting his brother while they were both serving

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; brother; Camp McCoy; Camp Shelby; Charlie Company; Civitavecchia; family; Italy; jeep; leaving; Louisiana; overseas; Purple Heart; road

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6:08 - Being away from his family during the Pearl Harbor attacks and later enlisting in the Army

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; boat; Camp Shelby; employment; enlist; family; France; Hawaii; Hilo; Italy; travel

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7:51 - His decision to re-enlist in the Army and go to Japan during the occupation

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Keywords: consulate; Dole Plantation; employment; enlist; Fort Ruger; Japan; marriage; occupation; Staff Sergeant; wife

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10:02 - His decision to initially join the Army and the skills his service taught him

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Keywords: Army; Army Commendation; documents; Korean War; lab; microfilm; photographic field; signal corps; trade

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11:21 - Hearing about a segregated unit being formed and deciding to volunteer/Telling his parents he had volunteered

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Keywords: Americans of Japanese Ancestry; enemy alien; family; Japanese American soldiers; Schofield Barracks; volunteer

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13:36 - His thought process for volunteering

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Keywords: emotions; volunteer

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14:16 - Being initially screened in the Army and being assigned to the 442nd

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; baker; employment; Japanese language school; linguistic evaluation; mess hall; Military Intelligence Service; pineapple; Schofield Barracks; screened

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15:43 - Story about bullet holes at Schofield Barracks/Moving quickly through Schofield Barracks after his screening

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Keywords: bullet holes; physical; Schofield Barracks

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16:25 - Physical attributes when he joined the service/Impact of a year long basic training/442nd members serving as replacements for the 100th

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; casualty; enlist; Killed in Action; physical condition; shape

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18:23 - Especially short soldiers he remembers

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Keywords: boots; Hawaiian soldiers; short; uniform

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19:35 - News of the first soldiers overseas/Preparation training/A memorable headline from a Mississippi newspaper

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Keywords: Camp Shelby; headline; Killed in Action; newspaper; Oakland; overseas; replacements; training; troop ship

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21:37 - Saying farewell to the people of Hawaii/Curiosity to visit the Mainland/Security measures during their travel

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Keywords: ceremony; curiosity; curtains; farewell; Golden Gate Bridge; guards; Mainland; Martial Law; palace; San Francisco; security; ship; trains

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25:13 - Seeing discrimination in the South/Seeing African American communities for the first time/Difficulties for Hawaiian soldiers being classified as "colored"

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Keywords: "colored"; African Americans; Camp Shelby; discrimination; Hawaiian identity; Mississippi; race discrimination

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27:54 - Initial impressions of Camp Shelby/Gambling on the troop ship

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Keywords: barracks; Camp Shelby; craps; gambling; Hawaiian identity; Hawaiian soldiers; Jerome; poker; troop ship

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