0:00 - Time in Imphal and preparation for Burma invasion/Mechanized unit

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Keywords: 19th Indian Division; attack; British officer; Burma; defeat; Imphal; India; Indian soldiers; invasion; Japanese; jungle; lorry; mechanized; motorized; preparation; prisoner interrogation; translation; weapons carrier; weapons identification

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5:33 - Skirmishes with Japanese units in Burma jungle

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Keywords: 19th Indian Division; battle; bivouac; bonsai; British officer; Burma; contact; defense; forward troops; G2; Indian ground troops; intelligence; Japanese soldiers; jungle; Mandalay; midnight attack; mission; mountains; ravines; skirmish; surrounded; trigger-happy

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11:53 - Interrogation of prisoners

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Keywords: abandoning troops; commander; information; intelligence; interrogation; Japanese soldiers; joint interrogation; prisoners; units

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14:34 - Translating captured documents and subsequent battle plans

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Keywords: advance information; ambush; battle plan; captured documents; casualties; commander; Division G2; document translation; invading force; kanji; Mandalay; subordinate instructions; troops

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19:13 - Mandalay and cutting off Japanese supplies/ Supply drops

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Keywords: air drops; beachhead; C47; casualties; Central Burma; division change; driver; fall of Madalay; Fall of Mandalay; Ford; India; Indian bearer; infiltration; invasion; Japanese; lieutenant; logistics; Madalay; plane; requisitioned; starving troops; supplies; supply squadron; truck; weapon carrier; weapons

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23:23 - Mandalay to Central Burma and Rangoon/ Demographics of unit

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Keywords: 5th Indian Division; attack; camouflage; capture; Central Burma; consolidation; guerrilla tactics; Japanese troops; leap frog tactics; Mandalay; Pakistani; Punjabi; Rangoon; Sheiks; target; west

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26:03 - Japanese lack of supplies/ Interrogation setup and work

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Keywords: ammunition; bonsai charge; defense; guards; interrogation; interrogation tent; Japanese supply line; Japanese units; Mandalay; mountains; port; POW's; Rangoon; soldiers; south; translation; units

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29:06 - Low morale of captured Japanese soldiers/ Inability of Japanese to give up

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Keywords: ammo; British; Burma; China; commander abandonment; conscription; coward; die-hard; discharge; food; Geneva Convention; hopeless; information; interrogation; Japan; Japanese army; Japanese soldiers; low morale; mail; POWs; spirit; supplies; surrender; term extension; treatment; troops

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34:58 - Air attacks by Japanese Zero's on they way to Rangoon

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Keywords: air attack; bivouac; casualty; central Burman; contact; convoy; enemy; fighter planes; gas; headquarters; Japanese Zero; Japanese zeros; machine guns; Mandalay; military supply; officer; open ground; P47 Thunderbolt; Rangoon; rifle; scout plane; slit trench; smoke; strafing; trench; vitriol; weapon

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41:01 - Attempted Japanese attack between units/Time in Rangoon

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Keywords: 1945; Australian mounting gun; billet; Burmese; contact; full blast; India; infiltration; Japanese; Japanese retreat; jungle; Mandalay; mansion; New Delhi; Rangoon; scout; travel; troop movements; withdrawal

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45:50 - Getting dysentery in Burma

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Keywords: Burma; Delhi; dysentery; flight; hospital; jungle; latrine; malaria; mosquitoes; prisoners; train; water purifier

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47:52 - Zeros/ Valuable soldier for the British

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Keywords: air attacks; anti-aircraft; bodyguard; Burma; combat; Japanese; protection; supply plane; valuable; Zeros

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51:05 - Experiencing combat fatigue in New Delhi

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Keywords: Calcutta; combat fatigue; commander; Edward Mitsukado; infantry manual; Japanese infantry; Japanese nurses; katonk; Merrill’s Marauders; New Delhi; Rangoon; team leader; travel order; US army

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56:47 - Leave near the India-Pakistan border

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Keywords: appreciate; awol; base camp; border; Burma; Cashmere; casualty; Edward Mitsukado; hotel; India; Japanese; leave; Manoa; northwestern frontier; Pakistan; sister; travel; truck accident; widow

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63:24 - Hospitalized with dysentery/ Discharge and return voyage home

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Keywords: 1945; British Unit; Camp Kilmer; discharge; dock; dysentery; Hawaii; hurricane; Karachi; leave; navy transport; New Delhi; New Delhi Station Hospital; New Jersey; New York; payroll; Queen Mary; sand storm; seasick; soldier deposit; steak; unemployed; USS Missouri

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70:00 - Eventual employment at the VA/ Marriage and children

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Keywords: 1946; arrested; brain fever; children; family court; gang; high school; marriage; son; unemployed; VA supply division; Veteran’s Affairs; warehouse; wife

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73:19 - Career at the VA

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Keywords: 1980; claim files; education; employment; GI Bill; Hirooka; job; manager; quit; retire; shooting; VA; Veteran’s Affairs; Veteran’s files

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76:47 - Fighting cancer

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Keywords: cancer; lungs; mushroom therapy; nodules; onologist; remission; surgery; tumor

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80:23 - Reflections on his war experience

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Keywords: Aung San Suu Kyi; British; Burma; casualties; death toll; democracy; dictator; hardships; Japanese; military; UN; war experience

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83:32 - Photos and medals

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Keywords: American Campaign Medal; Asia Pacific Campaign Medal; bronze star; Burma; dysentery; eldest; family; girlfriend; Good Conduct Medal; grandson; Hawaii; Kilauea Military Camp; lung cancer; marriage; photos; son; technical sergeant t3; Wailai boat harbor; wife; WWII Pacific Victory Medal

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