Frank Masuoka oral history interview, part 1 of 2, March 19, 2010

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0:06 - Introduction; discussing Japan's surrender in World War Two

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Keywords: 7th Division; military occupation; Okinawa

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1:51 - Discussing details of his assignment; disseminating leaflets

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Keywords: Command Post; interpreter; Japanese soldiers; surrender

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3:59 - Discussing encounter with hidden Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: cave flushing; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese officer; Japanese soldiers

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7:37 - Discussing taking a Japanese soldier to U.S. command post in Japan; surrender

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Keywords: C ration; communications; emperor's broadcast; food; Japanese soldiers; surrender; transportation

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10:47 - Describes visit from U.S. army division commander

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Keywords: Commissioned Officer; interpeters; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese soldiers; transportation

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12:14 - Describes returning to hidden Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: cave flushing; civilians; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; Japanese officer; surrender

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14:56 - Discussing being sent to Korea; Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: 7th Division; civilians; interpreter; Japanese military; Japanese officer; Seoul; surrender

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17:06 - Discussing his return to the U.S.

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Keywords: discharge; Military Intelligence Service Language School; military service

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17:54 - Discussing how he volunteered for military service

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Keywords: discrimination in the military; Executive Order 9066; forced removal; Pearl Harbor; secondary education; siblings

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21:20 - Discussing his brothers in the army

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Keywords: Camp Roberts; draft; siblings

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22:46 - Discussing how he volunteered for military service II; internment camp

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Blue Star Flag; Camp Savage; discrimination in the military; Executive Order 9066; Military Intelligence Service Language School; relocation centers

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25:09 - Discussing his family living in Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp

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Keywords: Colorado; discrimination; Executive Order 9066; Japanese Americans; relocation centers

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28:01 - Discussing his brothers in the army II; assignments

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Blue Star Flag; civil service; Fort Snelling; KIA; Korean War; military occupation; siblings

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30:45 - Discussing his brother KIA

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Keywords: correspondence; discrimination in the military; Japanese Americans; KIA; Leyte; monument; Philippines; United States Army internment camps

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34:58 - Discussing his receipt of a One Thousand Stitch Belt from his mother

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Keywords: amulet; Issei parents; Senninbari

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36:24 - Discussing his experience processing Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: cave flushing; civilians; interpreter; translation

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38:33 - Discussing being sent to Korea; travel

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Keywords: cavalry unit; Incheon; Japanese soldiers; Okinawa; Seoul

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40:12 - Describes his assignment in Seoul

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Keywords: cavalry unit; Commander; interpreter; interracial marriage; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese soldiers; repatriation; surrender

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43:51 - Describes the processing procedure

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Keywords: interrogate; Japanese soldiers; POW; translation

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45:59 - Discussing defeated Japanese soldiers returning home

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Keywords: family; Japanese identity and values; shame; suicide; surrender

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47:44 - Describes his fluency of Japanese

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Keywords: interrogate; Issei parents; Japanese language; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Okinawa; POW

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49:46 - Describes processing Japanese soldiers in Korea

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Keywords: interrogate; Japanese soldiers; non-combatants; relief; shame; surrender

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53:07 - Discussing going off base in Korea

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Keywords: civilians; Executive Order 9066; Japanese citizens; social activities

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