Isamu Kawanishi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, July 14, 2007

0:00 - Camp Shelby

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; cadre; Mississippi; Nisei soldiers

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3:26 - Camp Shelby II

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Keywords: fights; Hawaiian soldiers; Nisei soldiers; pidgin english

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6:28 - Camp Shelby III

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Keywords: "colored"; Hawaiian soldiers; segregation

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9:37 - Camp Shelby IV

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Keywords: insubordination; softball

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12:53 - Camp Shelby V

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Keywords: marching; Private First Class; rank; shipment

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15:46 - Shipment overseas

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Newport News; replacement; Virginia

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18:23 - Camp Shelby VI, shipment overseas II

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Keywords: American concentration camps; Earl Finch; liberty ship; poker

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21:33 - Shipment overseas III

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Keywords: Civitavecchia; Italy; Naples; seasickness

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24:08 - Arrival in Italy

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Keywords: 88mm; artillery; German weapons; shrapnel

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26:38 - Wounded in action

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Keywords: bedroll; shrapnel

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29:27 - War experiences

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Keywords: bivouac; German soldiers

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32:13 - War experiences II

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Champagne Campaign; France

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35:36 - War experiences III

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Keywords: casualties; Lost Battalion

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38:31 - War experiences IV

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Keywords: 3rd Army; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; 7th Army; General Patton; hygiene

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41:40 - War experiences V

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Keywords: hot meals; Lost Battalion; USO Shows

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44:44 - War experiences VI

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Keywords: 3rd Army; 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Austria; Bäumenheim; Dachau; General Patton; military occupation

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47:41 - War experiences VII

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Keywords: Dachau concentration camp; food rations

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50:56 - War experiences VIII, the end of the war

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Keywords: crematory; Dachau concentration camp; Germany; points system

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53:35 - Discharge from the Army

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Keywords: correspondence; divorce; Fort Logan; Le Havre

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