Kenneth Ogata oral history interview, part 1 of 2, August 20, 2006

0:00 - Brief introduction and discussing brief military history and family

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Keywords: farming; Issei parents; serial number; siblings

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5:14 - Discussing home life and discussing schooling

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Keywords: chores; farm; food; Japanese Americans

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8:15 - Discussing home life II and mother's passing

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Keywords: Colorado; family; Great Depression; Issei; Nebraska; Ofuro

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12:21 - Remembering December 7, 1941 and aftermath

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Keywords: family; incarceration; Pearl Harbor; reaction

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14:29 - Discussing home life III and high school

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Keywords: Colorado; family; farm; food; hunting; Pearl Harbor

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20:15 - Being drafted and induction

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Keywords: family; Fort Sheridan; letter; physical; reaction

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25:52 - Experiences at Camp Blanding

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; basic training; Florida; living conditions; weapons

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31:51 - Experiences at Camp Blanding II, discussing mindset, and free time

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; leisure; moral; Pidgin; replacements

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35:56 - Heading overseas

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Keywords: New York; sea sick; voyage

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39:17 - Arriving and experiences in France and going to Italy

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Champagne Campaign; guard duty; Marseille

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43:27 - Experience in Italy

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery fire; casualty; patrol; platoon; scout

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49:19 - Experiences in Italy II

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; children; German soldiers; Gothic Line and Po Valley; weapons

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