Kazuo Yamane oral history interview, part 5 of 7, October 10, 2004

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0:00 - Visiting an incarceration camp

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Keywords: bus; day trip; incarceration camps; lunch; meals; Rohwer; systematic

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1:04 - Learning military terms

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Keywords: Camp Savage; civilian; common language; dictionary; Japanese language; machine gun; Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS); teachers

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2:06 - Shipping out for secret mission with Military Intelligence Service (MIS)

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Keywords: barracks; Camp Savage; Fort Myers; furlough; orders; Pentagon; team; Washington D.C.

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8:14 - Being on of the first organized groups to leave on a mission

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); assignment; Camp Savage; Japanese language; Military Intelligence Service (MIS); Nisei soldiers; officers

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11:38 - Documents found in ocean after battle in Philippines

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Keywords: convoy; Japanese Navy; MacArthur Headquarters; orders; Pentagon; Philippine guerrillas; records; translation

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14:53 - Discussing more about Japanese documents

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Keywords: card file; index; Japanese Army; military units; officers; Pacific Theater; secret documents; translate

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19:36 - First Japanese Prisoners of War (POW) Kazuo Sakamaki

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Keywords: capture; Hawaiian soldiers; interrogate; Japanese soldier; Pearl Harbor; Prisoners of War; special mission; submarine

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23:00 - Serving as interpreter for POW interrogation

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Keywords: Camp McCoy; English language; incarceration; interrogate; Japan; Japanese language; study; translator

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26:22 - Serving at Camp Ritchie

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Keywords: commander; European Theater; general staff; intelligence center; Pacific Theater; Pentagon; unit; V-E Day

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