John Sato oral history interview, part 2 of 2, June 28, 2007

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0:00 - Discussing Nisei; Army Air Force; Atom Bomb Group; and Japan

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Keywords: Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; unit (military)

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3:01 - Recall seeing relatives in Japan; and meeting wife in Hawaii

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Keywords: employment; family; friendship; higher education; Nisei; wedding

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6:00 - Discussing children; and grandchildren

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Keywords: family; Nisei; Sansei; Yonsei

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9:08 - Discussing retirement; traveling; and memorable part of war

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Keywords: family; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei; Nisei veterans; Yonsei

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12:23 - Discussing siblings living on Mainland; and parents passed

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Keywords: family; farm; interment camp; Nisei; post-war; war

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15:14 - Discuss siblings visiting Hawaii; wife's employment; and wife's family

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Keywords: Hawaii; Nisei; post-war; Sansei; war; Yonsei

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17:58 - Recalling wartime experience

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Keywords: Guam; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; Nisei soldiers; war

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20:54 - Recalling news reports of the war; and sharing wartime stories with other soldiers

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; propaganda

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25:17 - Discussing "katonk" meaning

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Keywords: Hawaii; Hawaiian identity; Mainland; plantation

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27:43 - Recalling Camp Shelby; Mainland Boys; Hawaii Holocaust Documentary

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; artillery; basic training; Hawaiian soldiers; Japanese American soldiers; war

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31:12 - Discussing 522nd Field Artillery Battalion contribution to the war I

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery; artillery fire; Campaign; German soldiers; Germany; Japanese American soldiers; Nisei; Nisei soldiers

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34:28 - Discussing 522nd Field Artillery Battalion contribution to the war II

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Keywords: artillery fire; Dachau; German soldiers; Germany; Japanese American soldiers; liberator; Nisei soldiers; Prisoners of War

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36:16 - Discussing the Hawaiian Holocaust Project

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Campaign; Japanese American soldiers; liberator; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei veterans

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39:19 - Discussing foundation connected to the Hawaiian Holocaust Project; and Jennifer Wakeman

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Keywords: 100th; 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; community organizations; Dachau; Japanese Americans; liberator

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41:56 - Discussing involvement with Hawaiian Holocaust Project

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Keywords: 442nd; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 522nd; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Central Europe - Dachau; Dachau; Japanese American soldiers; liberator; unit (military)

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45:27 - Recalling 9/11; and message to family

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Americans of Japanese Ancestry; discrimination; Military Intelligence Service; Nisei; racism

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48:02 - Sharing final message; describing wartime photos

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Keywords: dating; discharge; Japanese Americans; Nisei veterans; wedding

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