Robert Foote oral history interview, part 2 of 3, October 5, 2005

0:00 - After the Gothic Line; sporadic fighting and German retreat

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; German soldiers; Italy; prisoners of war (POW)

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4:06 - Discussing minefields, mines, and boobytraps

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Keywords: artillery; explosives; shrapnel; warfare

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9:11 - Discussing enemy troops that surrendered; advantages and disadvantages

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; German soldiers; humanity; Prisoners of War (POWs)

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13:08 - Discussing collecting prisoners and troop advance

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; German soldiers; Germany; Italy; Prisoners of War; surrender

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15:34 - V-E Day; definition and where he was at that time

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Keywords: German soldiers; Italy; surrender

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17:09 - His time in Europe post-war

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Hawaiian soldiers; Italy; Leghorn; Prisoners of War

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19:06 - His return to the U.S. and post-war life

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Cornell University; higher education; Presidential Unit Citation

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23:18 - Recollections of individuals he served with: H. Hamada, K. Morimoto, G. Nishi

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Japanese Americans; Nisei soldiers

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27:06 - Discussing Nisei soldiers refusal of battlefield commission

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Commissioned Officer; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese identity and values

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