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Title
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Tomii Tom Matsushita oral history interview, September 18, 2005
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/602-Matsushita-Tom-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Sep 14
Location of Birth
Rigby, Idaho
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Tom
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
Campaigns/Battles
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Vosges
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Physical Media Notes
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6:15 offensive language
Index
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Yes
Dublin Core
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Title
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Tomii Tom Matsushita oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 18, 2005
Creator
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Matsushita, Tomii: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
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2005OH0602_02_Matsushita
Description
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Matsushita would join the Army after Pearl Harbor and be inducted in Salt Lake City, Utah. He would take a train down to Camp Shelby in Mississippi to begin his basic training, where he would start with A company. There, he would become friends with Hawaiian soldiers, speaking about their pidgin english and then being moved to K Company. He also talks about some of the discrimination that he saw while in the South. He would get shipped out to Italy, gambling and getting seasick along the way. Next, he talks about the companies that he was involved with and friends that he made along the way.
Subject
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World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
Military service--Veteran history
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:30
Language
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eng
Date
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2005 September 18
Spatial Coverage
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Salt Lake City, Utah
A Company
basic training
Camp Shelby
discrimination
Earl Finch
friends
gambling
German soldiers
guard duty
Hawaiian soldiers
induction
Italy
K Company
mail
Mississippi
Naples
officers
pidgin
prisoners of war
replacements
reunions
Salt Lake City
seasickness
serial number
Ted Tanouye
train
Utah