0:00 - First assignment after graduation / Troubles getting a pass to see San Francisco prior to shipping overseas / Arrival in Fiji and then Guadalcanal

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Keywords: Japanese submarine; liberty; pass; San Francisco; team leader; training; troop ship

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4:38 - Training on Fiji Island / The make up of a 10 man Japanese language team

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Keywords: "Jap"; detached service; Japanese language; mingling; POW; recognition; translating

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9:36 - Duties while on Guadalcanal / Prioritizing documents for translating

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Keywords: Bonzai charge; captured documents; secured island; translation

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12:40 - Treatment by Caucasian soldiers being a Japanese American / Hakujin body guards / Jungle warfare on New Georgia Island

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Keywords: acceptance; body guards; Hakujin; interpreter; jungle warfare; Officer Candidate School (OCS); psychological cases; translator

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18:09 - Recounting being wounded on New Georgia Island / Distinction of being the first Nisei to be wounded in the Pacific

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Keywords: casualty; foxhole; knee; machine gun; regimental commander; sniper; translating

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23:18 - Recovering from being wounded in the knee / Meeting Eleanor Roosevelt while in the hospital on Fiji

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Keywords: Eleanor Roosevelt; family; Fiji; hospital ship; incarceration camps; Purple Heart; shave; troop ship

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27:53 - Dealing with the emotions of being a Japanese American during wartime

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Keywords: Constitutional rights; duty; mistreatment; service; war

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