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Yoroku Ito oral history interview, June 29, 2007
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jan 31
Location of Birth
Puunene, (Maui) Hawaii
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Belvedere
Rome-Arno Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
URL
https://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/782-Ito-Yoroku-2.m4v
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Yoroku Ito oral history interview, part 2 of 3, June 29, 2007
Creator
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Ito, Yoroku: narrator
Miyamoto, P: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Identifier
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2007OH0782_02_Ito
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Yoroku's family has feelings of loyalty and patriotism to America. For the nation and the country, Yoroku volunteers for the Army. Yoroku is stationed at Schofield Barracks for a short time before leaving for the mainland for basic training at Camp Shelby.
He is assigned to Company B 442nd. On his weekend passes, Yoroku goes to Hattiesburg and sees segregation for the first time. He describes serval incidents of discrimination. Yoroku discusses Earl Finch. Mr. Finch did not show discrimination to anyone and is equal to all persons. Yoroku also describes the relationship between Mainland and Hawaiian boys at Camp Shelby.
After Camp Shelby, Yoroku goes to Newport Dunes, Virginia, and is a replacement for the 100th. Yoroku goes on a convoy for 30 days to go to Naples, Italy.
The first battle Yoroku is in is at Belvedere. He discusses his thought and feelings. The worst experience of war is seeing his friends getting wounded and killed in combat. He reflects on the Po Campaign and how he gets hurt on his leg at this battle.
Overseas, he meets friends from Maui and corresponds back home to his family about his encounters. Yoroku receives the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his Army Service.
100th
442nd
artillery fire
B Company
battle
Belvedere
bible
Bronze Star
brother
Bruyeres
C Company
Camp Shelby
Cassino
colored section
combat
convoy
European Theater
foxhole
France
friends
General Dahlquist
German soldiers
Hattiesburg
Hawaiian soldiers
Issei
Italy
Killed in Action
Lost Battalion
Mainland
marching
Nisei
overseas
overseas trip
platoon
platoon leader
platoon sergeant
Purple Heart
race discrimination
replacements
Schofield Barracks
scout
segregation
shrapnels
tree bursts
weekend passes
wounded in action