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 Sukeo Oji oral history interview, May 26, 2002 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. URL http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/285-Oji-Skeets-5.m4v Date of Birth [YYYY-MM-DD] 1918 Feb 24 Location of Birth Sacramento, California Incarceration Facilities Tulare Temporary Detention Facility Gila River Concentration Camp War or Conflict World War, 1939-1945 Korean War, 1950-1953 Branch of Service Army Entrance into Service Drafted or Volunteered Drafted Nickname Skeets Location of Basic Training Camp Shelby, Mississippi Fort Snelling, Minnesota Unit of Service Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Campaigns/Battles Post-war Occupation of Japan 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 Sukeo Oji oral history interview, part 5 of 7, May 26, 2002 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oji, Sukeo: narrator Yee, Govan: 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 2002OH0285_05_Oji Description An account of the resource Sukeo "Skeets" Skeets recalls the saddest part of the war was seeing political prisoners' dead bodies. He never forgot the smell of the bodies. The American troops advanced to the 2nd Infantry Division; Skeets received orders from the CIC to form an engineer task force. During the Korean war, Skeets faced challenges in battles with the enemy soldiers and interrogating POWs. He recollects before going to Sunchang, the troops had to go through a mountain road and were under artillery fire. The 2nd Division had a heavy loss of men and could not continue. Therefore, they had to recuperate for a month waiting for replacements. Besides combat, Skeets interrogated the officers and non-combats. However, there were too many of them. Skeets recalls getting Chinese POWs in Korean uniforms. With the dilemma, McArthur Headquarters went to Chiang Kai Shek to find a Chinese linguist. Skeets was called back to the 8th Army in Taegu to start an Interrogation Poisoner of War Training School at Army Prison in Pusan. Skeets picked about 20 Niseis from the frontline for 2 weeks of training. The training consisted of map reading, interrogation, and how to evacuate POWs. The Niseis practiced their interrogation skills on the POWS at the 8th Army Compound. The interrogation later moved to Pusan. After Skeets conduct about four classes of interrogation training, he received orders to go to Japan. Skeets wanted to return to the States. However, linguists were needed. artillery fire battle Chinese soldiers combat frontline hot springs interrogating interrogation methods interrogation techniques Japanese language Killed in Action (KIA) Korean War linguists Military Intelligence Service (MIS) mortar barrage mortar fire Nisei soldiers POW camps Prisoners of War (POWs) training wounded in action (WIA)