Kayo Hayakawa oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 18, 2005

0:00 - Preparing to go overseas; and discussing good luck charm

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Keywords: bracelet; mother; New Jersey; Statue of Liberty; travel; watch

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3:17 - Traveling overseas

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Keywords: 100th; 171st Infantry Battalion; 442nd; Atlantic Ocean; boat

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6:06 - Arriving in Europe; and discussing Marseille

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Keywords: boat; England; friend; train; watch

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8:30 - Joining 100th and Company A assignment

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Keywords: advice; platoon; rifle

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9:49 - Discussing Champagne Campaign; guard duty assignment; and rest period

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Keywords: Bruyeres; Killed in Action; Lost Battalion; Menton; Monte Carlo; reconnaissance; Southern France

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12:59 - Discussing rations; and traveling to Livorno

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; boat; cards; cigarettes; Po Valley; seasick; truck driver

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15:00 - Combat experiences-getting wounded; and discussing soldiers killed in action

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Keywords: artillery; Campaign; front line; grenade; Hill Georgia; mountain; shell; truck

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18:17 - Combat experiences II; and discussing wounded soldiers

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Hill Georgia; Killed in Action; land mine; leg; Lieutenant; wounded

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21:20 - Wounded soldiers II; and discussing surrender of German soldiers

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Keywords: Company; Hill Georgia; ledge; mountain; Po Valley; Sergeant

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24:37 - Discussing Carrara; rest period II; and learning about FDR's death

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Keywords: bath; clothing; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; letters; Po Valley; rations

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