0:37 - Family history/ Moving to Okinawa at 6 years old

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Keywords: accident; brother; childhood; death; family; father; financial; Hawaii; housewife; immigrate; island; marriage; money; mother; Okinawa; plantation; relatives; school teacher; siblings; sister; sugar cane; Taira; tragedy; Waipaiu; youth

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4:06 - Growing up and attending school in Okinawa, Japan

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Keywords: childhood; dialect; English; graduation; grammar school; high school; Japanese; lessons; middle school; Okinawa; uchinago

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5:25 - Returning to Hawaii at 18/ Working in a bank

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Keywords: 1933; army; bank; China; China incident; debt collectors; eighteen; English; family; Great Depression; Hawaii; janitor; Japanese army; Magoon Brothers; night school; return; Sino-Japanese war; teenager; Totaro Matsui; uncle

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7:48 - Drafted into service

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Keywords: 298th infantry; A Company; canary; draft; guard duty; Japanese-American soldiers; Nisei; November 1941; rifle; Schofield Barracks; service; war

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10:42 - Racial segregation of soldiers after Pearl Harbor

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Keywords: 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); 298th; boat; Camp McCoy; car; Company A; company clerk; duty; English; Japanese-Americans; maintenance; Nisei soldiers; Pearl Harbor; Provisional Battalion; racial segregation; San Francisco; Schofield Barracks; training

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13:01 - Fighting with non-Japanese soldiers

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Keywords: "jap”; Colonel Turner; commanding officer; discrimination; fight; instigate; Japanese-American soldiers; judo; Lacrosse; Nisei; professional boxer; racial discrimination; racial segregation; soldier; Texas Battalion; uniform

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15:21 - Training at Camp McCoy/ Being recruited for MIS

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Keywords: Camp McCoy; Camp Savage; choice; education; English; fluency; infantry; interpreter; interview; Japan; Japanese; Kibei; Military Intelligence Service; MIS; orders; private; rank; records; recruiters; recruitment; refused; test; training; treatment; volunteers; weekend; Wisconsin

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18:47 - MIS training at Camp Savage

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Keywords: 1942; 1943; Camp Savage; class; cold; English; graduation; Japanese characters; kanji; Military Intelligence; MIS; newspapers; section 5; Sempai gumi; St. Paul; study; Thanksgiving; train; training; weather

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21:34 - Being sent overseas with MIS team

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Keywords: boat; Camp Savage; Guadalcanal; Hawaii; Japanese-Americans; katonk; mainlanders; members; New Caledonia; Nisei; overseas; San Francisco; Solomon Islands; South Pacific; team; train

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23:47 - Time at New Caledonia/ Translating documents on Guadalcanal

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Keywords: 37th division; August 1943; battle; battle information; deployment order; diaries; English; Guadalcanal; headquarters; intelligence; interrogation; Japan; Japanese; Japanese soldiers; MIS; New Caledonia; Ohio; prisoners; team; transcription; translation of documents

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27:23 - Interrogating prisoners at Bougainville/Routing a Japanese attack

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Keywords: Admiral Yamamoto; April 1944; attack; Bougainville; Bronze Star; captain; capture; defensive preparation; interrogation; island; Japanese; Japanese army base; Kumamoto; offensive; Papua New Guinea; POW; prisoners; soldiers

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30:52 - Training new MIS inductees on Okinawan dialect prior to invasion

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Keywords: 1945; 298th; April 1; Bougainville; commander; draftees; family; geography; Guadalcanal; Hawaii; inductees; instructor; Japanese-Americans; mainlanders; medals; Nisei; Okinawa invasion; Okinawan dialect; Philippine invasion; records; Schofield; school; secret; soldiers; teacher; trainer; uncle; US G2; wife

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35:06 - Sorting prisoners by Japanese prefectres using dialects and last names

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Keywords: 1945; assistants; Bougainville; cigarettes; elementary school; family names; geography; Hawaii; instructor; interrogate; interview; Japanese invasion; Japanese soldiers; Okinawa; Okinawa battle; Okinawan dialect; POW’s; prisoners; return; segregate; Takijiro Higa

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41:40 - Nearing the end of the war/ Japanese prisoners' mentalities

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Keywords: Atom bomb; capture; change names; disgrace; interrogate; invasion; Japanese; Naichi; Okinawa; prisoners; relief; shame; soldiers

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42:51 - Points for discharge/ Attack on Bougainville

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Keywords: Army Day; attack; Bougainville; bronze star; defense; discharge; invade; Japanese soldier; lieutenant; machine guns; March 10; November 1945; points; prisoner; war stories; work

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46:08 - Receiving the Soldier's Medal/ Career after being discharged

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Keywords: 1945; army; Atlas; café; citizen; discharge; drown; Hawaii; insurance; insurance company; liquor license; owner; Pacific Life; rescue; save life; share; soldier’s medal; swimming; uncle; war correspondent; whisky

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49:47 - Wife and marriage

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Keywords: 1941; bank; children; friends; Honolulu Café; hospital; Karashiro; marriage; nurse; soldier; son; war; wife

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51:31 - Hawaii draftees in the Okinawa invasion

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Keywords: dialect; Hawaii draftees; instructor; invasion; Japanese; language training; military government; MIS; navy; occupation; Okinawa; Okinawa campaign; Schofield

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53:50 - Photos of war time and family

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Keywords: 100th; Camp McCoy; Camp Savage; family; goat; governor; legacy award; Okinawa; photos; picture; presidential citation; St.Paul; T5 automatic; wife; Yuzuri

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61:28 - The first Hawaii Boys at MIS

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Keywords: 100th infantry; draftee; Hawaii; MIS; school

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