1 100 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Date of Birth [YYYY-MM-DD] 1925 Mar 03 Incarceration Facilities Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility Topaz Concentration Camp War or Conflict World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service Army Entrance into Service Drafted or Volunteered Volunteered Location of Basic Training Camp Shelby, Mississippi Unit of Service 442nd Regimental Combat Team Campaigns/Battles Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns The Gothic Line Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 15, 2007 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miyasaki, Minoru: narrator Garvey, John: interviewer Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Go For Broke National Education Center Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2007OH0817_03_Miyasaki Description An account of the resource Minoru Miyasaki reported to Fort Douglas before going to Camp Shelby for basic training. At Camp Shelby, the Privates and Rookies were all Nisei with a few Hawaiian Nisei. Minoru was assigned to 442nd, Company G, 4th Platoon, and trained as a motorman. On his weekend pass, Minoru visited Hattiesburg and Washington DC. Minoru discusses seeing segregation in the South. After completing his basic training at Camp Shelby, Minoru traveled to Tule Lake to visit his father. When Minoru left Tule Lake, he boarded a bus, and the passengers applauded him. The experience was different from what the African Americans experienced in the South. From New York, Minoru and his brother, John, departed to go overseas. A winter storm on the Atlantic Ocean caused a rough voyage for the soldiers. During the trip, German submarines were spotted in the ocean. Therefore, the Aquitania took a detour to Glasgow, Scotland, instead of England. Minoru joined the 442nd in the South of France. When he was not a mortarman, he was a litter carrier picking up wounded Nisei. In Italy, Minoru fought with the Allied troops and the 92nd Division. Minoru recalls artillery fire from the German soldier. He describes the battle on top of Mount Fogarito. 442nd 4th platoon 92nd division African American soldiers ammunition artillery barrage artillery fire basic training battle Camp Shelby civilians colonel combat European Theater Fort Douglas Fort Meade France furlough G Company General Clark German soldiers Hattiesburg Hawaiian soldiers Issei father Issei parents Italian soldiers Italy Japanese American soldiers Killed in Action (KIA) litter-bearer living conditions Livorno-Leghorn mortar mortar shells mortar squad Mount Fogarito New York Nisei soldiers overseas platoon segregated unit segregation Social activities Tule Lake uniform weapons World War Two wounded in action (WIA)