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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-40-11)

Being able to hear and understand the enemy's plans

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-40-4)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-40-2)

Attending school in Japan

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1001-40-8)

Tapping into an enemy phone line and intercepting an important message

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1001-40-6)

The formation of Merrill's Marauders

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-40-5)

Volunteering for the military out of camp

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1004-9-14)

Thoughts on family members who served in the Japanese army

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1004-9-9)

Value as a linguist because of past experiences

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1004-9-11)

The importance of Japanese values

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1004-9-12)

Attending a reunion of Merrill's Marauders

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1004-9-15)

Impact of the Military Intelligence Service on the redress movement

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1004-9-8)

A wire tapping mission in Burma

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1004-9-2)

Memories of Jerome, Arkansas

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1004-9-3)

Learning Japanese as a child in Japan

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1004-9-1)

Being sent to live in Japan as a child

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1004-9-13)

Remembering a sad story about a fellow soldier

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1004-9-10)

Description of heavy combat

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1004-9-6)

First assignment with Merrill's Marauders

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1004-9-5)

Volunteering for the Merrill's Marauders

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1004-9-7)

Being segregated from fellow soldiers

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vh Roy Matsumoto Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1004-9-4)

Remembering the Military Intelligence Service Language School

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Narrator Roy H. Matsumoto

Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …

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vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-153-39)

Continuing to make grocery deliveries despite restrictions

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.

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vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 59 (ddr-densho-1000-153-59)

Traveling overseas by ship along with Caucasian soldiers

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.

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vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-153-30)

Getting a job as a delivery boy for a grocery store: making deliveries to outlying communities of Los Angeles

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are …

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