Partial Transcript: When Susumu returns to Hawaii post-war, he is a taxi driver for three to four years. Then he goes back to Okinawa, Japan, for civil service for a year before coming back to Honolulu, Hawaii. In Okinawa, he helps with the rebuilding plans for houses. He looks for land and workers. Susumu can find three generators for a light source, but it uses a lot of gas.

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Keywords: employment; homecoming; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese Americans; Nisei; Nisei veterans; post-war

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Partial Transcript: Susumu's message for future generations is to join the Army because it is beneficial to be with diverse people and learn about other cultures. He discusses the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and prejudice. He shares an incident at Hickam Field. Besides that incident, he says everyone is kind.

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Keywords: 442nd; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; Nisei veterans; Sansei; Yonsei

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Partial Transcript: Susumu describes his photographs. The first photo is at Anita Air Field on the day Japan surrenders. The soldiers are ordered not to carry any firearms with them. The second photo is taken by the Army Air Force photographer and he gives some of the originals to Susumu as a gift. The third photo is of employees from the Ryukyu Review Army Newspaper. Norman Allan Porter is the editor (right side) and Susumu names his son after him. The fourth photo is one of the graves in Okinawa. During the war, gravesites like these are a haven for the soldiers.

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: The fourth photo is of the grave in Okinawa. The shape of the grave is a woman's stomach and womb. The fifth photo is of Army offers who surrenders in Okinawa in 1945. The sixth photo is of the two pilots who brought in the bomber. The seventh photo is a plane that transports the soldiers. The eighth photo is a snapshot of Susumu and his friends from the 13 replacement depot before going to Schofield. Susumu is top left. on the right below Susumu, is Henry Uehara. The ninth photo (slide of four photos) is natives from Iheya Ushiro Jima in 1945 receiving treatment from the heath census.

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Keywords: 100th; 442nd; basic training; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; Okinawa; post-war; Schofield Barracks; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: The ninth photo (slide of four photos) is natives from Iheya Ushiro Jima in 1945 receiving treatment from the heath census. The natives are naked at the time because they are covered with DTD power to remove all types of bugs. The tenth photo is of a famous cave "Chibichiri-gama" in Okinawa, where high schools committed suicide. The eleventh photo is a United States Army graveyard in Okinawa for Unites States soldiers. The twelfth photo is of the Okinawa natives being relocated. The thirteenth photo is the same natives being evacuated.

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Keywords: Japanese American soldiers; Killed in Action; Nisei soldiers; Okinawa; post-war; World War Two

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Partial Transcript: The fourteenth photo is the Commanding Officer of the A-Team. Susumu says he treats everyone fairly, even the Okinawan natives. The fifteenth photo is of the staff from Takayasu Village. The sixteenth photo is the Sarae family (from left to right: Richard, Grandmother, Taru Ichii, Father- Kusutaro, Rose, Mother - Orie, Dorthy, and Susumu). Susumu's sister Rose died in Hiroshima 1945 from the atomic bomb along with his niece. The seventeenth photo is Susumu with his wife, Tomiko. They get married in 1946 and have four children.

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Keywords: atomic bomb; casualty; family; Hawaiian soldiers; Issei; Issei parents; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei soldiers; Okinawa; post-war; siblings; World War Two

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