Masaharu Saito oral history interview, part 1 of 2, December 2, 2006

0:00 - Introduction; family background

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Keywords: Hawaii; laundry; living conditions; military contract; pineapple; plantation; Wahiawa

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3:30 - Discussing 7 siblings; and education

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Keywords: brothers; high school; primary school; secondary school; sisters

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4:53 - Discussing his father's background

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Keywords: brother; Dole; domestic work; drought; Fukushima; Hawaii; Issei; prosperous

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6:38 - Discussing parents marriage

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Keywords: arranged marriage; Hawaii; Issei; Japan

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8:03 - Discussing father's employment pre-war; janitor

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Keywords: 4C; Japanese Americans; race discrimination; Schofield Barracks

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10:13 - Discussing recollections of Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: bomb; employment; PX; Schofield Barracks

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12:23 - Discussing military service

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Keywords: basic training; Camp Fannin; draft; illness; Mainland

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14:02 - Describes struggles with cold weather

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; snow; winter

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16:09 - Discussing siblings on the Mainland pre-war

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Keywords: chaplain; Chicago; Christianity; religion; sister; Waco

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17:53 - Discussing his mother's reaction to his military service

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Keywords: food; homecoming; Honolulu; Issei parents; parade

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19:29 - Displaying photograph of basic training group

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Keywords: 100th; B Company; Hawaiian soldiers; military training

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21:01 - Discussing travel to European campaign

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Keywords: 442nd; Gothic Line and Po Valley; Leghorn; Marseilles; New York

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22:13 - Discussing combat experiences

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Keywords: artillery fire; casualty; enemy fire; German 88 gun; rifleman; squad

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25:10 - Discussing marching through Italian town

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Keywords: C ration; casualty; cilivians; food; hygiene; K ration; Nisei soldiers; squad

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28:51 - Describes sleeping quarters in European Theater

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Keywords: church; foxhole; living conditions; military supplies

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30:25 - Discussing guarding prisoners of war in Italy

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Keywords: C company; German soldiers; Leghorn; POW

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32:36 - Discussing R & R travels in Europe

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Keywords: living conditions; Rome; Switzerland; Villa Torlonia

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34:11 - Discussing soldiers KIA

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Keywords: casualty; foxhole; Gothic Line; Hawaiian soldiers; L company; siblings

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36:29 - Discussing Hawaiian Nisei veterans

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; reunion; squad; veterans

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38:04 - Discussing his life after the war

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Keywords: discharge; Dole; electrician; vocational school

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40:37 - Describes childhood experiences on Hawaiian plantation

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Keywords: childhood activities; Japanese language school; primary school; sports

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44:08 - Discussing plantation workers; race relations in Hawaii

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Keywords: Chinese; Filipino; Fukushima; Haole; Issei; laborers; Portuguese

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46:23 - Discussing his marriage and wife

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Keywords: employment; living conditions; spouse

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48:44 - Discussing his children and grandchildren

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Keywords: daughter; employment; grandchildren; Hawaii; son

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51:46 - Discussing his work duties at Dole and subsequent jobs

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Keywords: electrician; employment; friendship; social activities

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