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Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
https://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/670-Tanamachi-Willie-2.m4v
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Title
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Willie Tanamachi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, May 19, 2006
Creator
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Tanamachi, Willie: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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58:34
Language
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eng
Date
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2006-05-19
Spatial Coverage
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Houston, Texas
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
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2006OH0670_02_Tanamachi
Description
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According to Willie Tanamachi, there are two ways Japanese Americans joined the military. One way is being drafted before the war. Another way is enlisting. Willie’s brothers Goro, Saburo, Walter, and himself served in the military. Unfortunately, Saburo is killed serving in E Company, 2nd Battalion. Goro works in the motor crew and Walter serves his time in the military in Germany.
During World War II, like some Japanese American soldiers, Willie faces struggles with promotions within the military. The only option is to transfer to different units. At the time Battle of the Bulge starts, Willie is approved to transfer and joins 171st Infantry Separate.
Willie discusses his duties and departments within the military. He works in the personnel department and post-war in supplies. After the war, Willie stays with the military. His decision is based on the way he is treated as an equal by his colleagues. Although there are some racist individuals, there are more people who see past his ethnicity.
During Occupation in Germany, Willie stays there from 1945 to 1953. He describes the effects of war on the cities and how the cities start to rebuilding economically. He also mentions the Hermann Goring and Rudolph Hess’s trial and the German gang Werewolves.
In 1946, Willie works in a supply depot in Munich. There are two supply depots. One is called Indiana Supply Depot (food) and the other is called Alabama Supply Deport (clothing). When troop's dependents came over to Germany, the BMW factory becomes furniture storage for dependents. As the economy starts thriving, the BMW asked for their factory back to build cars. Besides working in the military, Willie finds himself lucky in love and marries a German woman. They have been married for 53 years.
100th
171st Infantry Battalion
442nd
Air Corps
alcohol
Black Market
Buddaheads
buddha heads
cigarettes
Dachau
death camps
E Company
Germany
Hawaiian
incarceration
Japanese American
Katonk
Killed in Action
Mainland Nisei
Mainland soldiers
married
Medical Corps
military
Munich
Nazi
Nazis
Nisei
occupation of Germany
Pearl Harbor
post war
prejudices
Racism
radio
restrictions
ROTC
segregation
siblings
World War Two
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