Gordon Riess oral history interview, part 2 of 3, June 25, 2010

0:00 - Discussing high school, refugee "sister"

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Keywords: Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School; Theodore Roosevelt High School; Walla Walla; Washington

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2:43 - YMCA to USO

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Keywords: father; United Service Organizations; Walla Walla; Washington; Young Mens Christian Association

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5:46 - Importance of building things fast during the war

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Keywords: Battle of Midway; production; USO

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8:25 - Father's background

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Keywords: British Army; Czechoslavakia; Greece; influenza; legacy

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11:20 - Father's background II- legacy

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Keywords: basketball; Czechoslavakia; Exchange of populations; Greece; YMCA

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14:39 - Father's background III- passes away, legacy

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Keywords: British Army of the Rhine; Cross of St. George; relocation centers

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16:57 - Reaction to American concentration camps

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Keywords: incarceration; Japanese Americans

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19:15 - Volunteering for the Army

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Keywords: Fort Bliss; Fort Lewis; Walla Walla; Whitman College

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22:03 - The end of the war, orders to Japan

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Keywords: Fort Bliss; radio; Yokohama

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25:06 - Arrival in Japan

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Keywords: chemical core; General Headquarters; General MacArthur; Yokohama

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27:57 - Occupied Japan

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Keywords: Emperor Hirohito; General MacArthur; Japanese citizens

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30:38 - Occupied Japan II

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Keywords: devastated; General MacArthur; Japanese citizens; Tokyo

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33:13 - Occupied Japan III

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Keywords: chemical core; Colonel Marshall; interpreter; Yokohama

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36:09 - Occupied Japan IV

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Keywords: Japanese civilians; K-rations

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38:57 - Occupied Japan V

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Keywords: cigarettes; hazmat suits; Mt. Fuji

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41:48 - Occupied Japan VI

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Keywords: Honolulu; Nisei linguist; translater

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44:40 - Occupied Japan VII

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Keywords: General MacArthur; translators

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47:37 - Occupied Japan VIII

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Keywords: British Commonwealth troops; Headquarters; Imperial Palace

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49:45 - Discussing General MacArthur

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Keywords: disciplinarian; military occupation

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52:27 - Discussing General MacArthur ii

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Keywords: drills; Incheon; The honor guard

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54:11 - Free time in Japan

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Keywords: Hokkaido; K-rations; Kamakura; Kyoto; Mt. Fuji; Sapporo

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