Jim Shikashio oral history interview, part 3 of 3, June 24, 2008

0:00 - Civitavecchia Italy and German 88 mm

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery fire; enemy fire; rifle; service battery

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3:00 - German 88 mm II, location of service battery, and enemy fire

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; General; injury; military equipment; mortar

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6:00 - Enemy fire II and German booby traps

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Keywords: Artillery; infantry; KIA; roadside bomb; tanks

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9:00 - German booby traps II and Marseilles France

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Army Air Corps; enemy fire; military equipment; retreat

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12:00 - Fear of death, Champagne Campaign, and tree burst

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; artillery fire; foxhole; Lost Battalion; winter

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15:00 - Tree burst II, living conditions, and food on the front lines

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Keywords: C-rations; injury; K-rations; trench foot; winter

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18:00 - Food on the front lines II and advancing into Germany

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Keywords: Belgium; civilians; garden; rice; unit

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21:00 - Advancing into Germany II, patrol, and memories of Dachau

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; cameras; civilians; concentration camp; service battery

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24:00 - Memories of Dachau II

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Keywords: Discrimination; Germany; Holocaust; horrors of war; Jewish

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27:00 - Memories of Dachau III, German civilians, and post-war assignment

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Keywords: Adolf Hitler; concentration camp; dictatorship; Germany; Holocaust

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30:00 - Post-war assignment II, Germany surrenders, and volunteering to go to the Pacific

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Keywords: Civilians; German soldiers; Japan; Japanese American soldiers; patrol

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33:00 - Volunteering to go to the Pacific II, return to United States, and reasons for serving

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Keywords: Cultural heritage; discharge; family; Japanese identity and values; Kamikaze

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36:00 - Reason for serving II, employment after World War Two, and starting a business

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Keywords: Automobile; farming; garage; mechanic; Veterans Administration

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39:00 - Starting a business II, working for an engineering laboratory, retirement, and what the government learned about Japanese Americans

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Keywords: Employees; Nisei; pension; Social Security; wages

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42:00 - What the government learned about Japanese Americans II and opportunities provided for future generations

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; loyalty; naturalization; Nisei veterans; Sansei

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45:00 - Opportunities provided for future generations II, first time meeting wife, and relationship with wife

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Keywords: Japanese American Citzens League; marriage; Methodist; Sansei; social activities

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48:00 - Relationship with wife II and managing a parking lot

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Keywords: Automobile; friendship; health store; social activities; square dance

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51:00 - Managing a parking lot II and children

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Partial Transcript: 52:40 pause

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Keywords: Atomic plant; church; Idaho; loan counselor; Utah

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54:00 - Children II and grandchildren

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Keywords: Employment; England; higher education; marriage; pilot

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57:00 - Grandchildren II

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Keywords: Handyman; Idaho; nurse; teacher; Washington

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