Nakamura discusses about visiting his family in post-war Japan. He details about going back to college and finding employment. Nakamura also discusses about his children.
Nakamura reflects on his World War Two experiences. He details his family serving in the military. Nakamura also discusses about the legacy of Nisei linguist and shows some photographs.
Nakamura begins the interview talking about being born in America and quickly being moved to Japan as a child, where he would spend the next 8 years of his childhood. It was there that he would learn the culture of Japan and begin his elementary…
Nakamura discusses arriving in Japan and exploring Tokyo before joining the 11th Airborne in Sendai. Once in Sendai, he was sent to Shiogama to join the 188th regiment where they would patrol around and investigate for weapons that could be used…
Nakamura continues his recollection of his time visiting Hiroshima and how the Japanese there were very welcoming to him. Next, he speaks about his discharge from the Army and staying in Tokyo to work as a civilian. He first joined the Civil…
Nakamura begins the interview with an introduction, talking about what it was like to grow up in Hawaii, attending McKinley High School and Japanese language school while his father was a fisherman from Hiroshima and his mother came from Fukuoka. He…
Nakamura discusses life in Hawaii during the war time, including martial law and heavy food rations. He talks about the various restrictions that the civilians had, and the few things that they would do for fun, such as going to the movies. He then…
Nakamura would get drafted into the Army and be assigned to the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) at Schofield Barracks. They would head first to San Francisco, then get on a train leading to Fort McClellan in Alabama to begin boot camp. While in…
Nakamura talks about his finishing with Japanese language courses in Monterey and his quick furlough in Hawaii to spend some time with his family and prepare to go overseas. He would head overseas, stopping in multiple countries en route to Yokohama.…
Nakamura discusses his involvement with the war crimes trials, first in Australia, where he would interrogate the prisoners of war in Sugamo prison, then to Tokyo for the Class B trials. After these, he would work as a translator for prisoners of war…
Following the Korean War, Nakamura would return to Japan for a short time before returning to the United States. He would first head to Los Angeles to complete his college degree and begin his career. He talks about working for Chevrolet on the…
Nakamura discusses about his family and childhood. He details about food and his family home. Nakamura also discusses about friends, his neighborhood, and schooling.
Nakamura discusses about sports, religion, career aspirations, and attending college. He details about Peal Harbor, its aftermath, and details about the events before military service. Nakamura also discusses about getting drafted, going to Camp…
Nakamura discusses about his experiences at Fort Snelling and traveling. He details about his assignment and experiences in post-war Japan. Nakamura also discusses about his family in Japan.
Nakamura discusses about his family in Japan, visiting Hiroshima, and his experiences in Japan. He details about coming home, going to college, and his career. Nakamura also discusses about his wife, baseball, and gives a message to future…
Photos on this page taken in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Top row, left photograph: Harvard Yard (No Campus); Top row, right photograph: Harvard Business & Law School; Middle row, left photograph: Harvard Chapel (taken from Library); Middle row, right…
Top photograph: Picture of the guys ready to venture out.; Middle photograph: Taken at Puuka Pele, Kauai on February 22, 1940. It was 45 degrees that morning. (Left to right) Suyeto Yama, Daniel Fujikawa, Koichi Takemoto, Kano Murashige, Yoneo Ota,…
Top left photograph: Company Street- tents on each side; Top right photograph: Tent city- tents lined up side by side in rows; Bottom left photograph: "Fatigue" uniform; Bottom right photograph: Room for two- showing off his wide pants.
Top photograph: With Moritsugu in shooting jackets; Bottom left photograph: Unidentified soldier with helmet and rifle; Bottom right photograph: Full field equipment.
Top left photograph: "Birdlegs" Melain caught with pants down, in a grass skirt; Middle left photograph: Francis Crellin caught with pants down, in a grass skirt; Bottom left photograph: Vernon Cassell caught with pants down, hiding behind a rock in…
Top left photograph: Preparation for Overseas Movement; Middle left photograph: Hoota, Haluska, McLain, myself on December 7, 1941; Bottom left photograph: Inspecting the soldiers' trunks so they can be shipped overseas; Top right photograph: P.O.M.;…
Top left photograph: Modelling the Pass Uniform; Middle left photograph: Hoota in Honolulu; Bottom left photograph: Boomtown HQ Group; Top right photograph: In front of my castle. Pointing down into a pail of water; Middle right photograph: Sgt.…
Top left photograph: Hoota, Enoki, & Gushiken messing around with a water bucket; Top right photograph: Cpl. at work. Holding mop; Middle row, furthest right photograph: The Claxon; Bottom row, furthest left photograph: Birdlegs & Andy sharing a…
Top left photograph: At Toyo Theatre. Standing on the bridge there; Top right photograph: Acting Mail Orderly; Middle row, left photograph: Artillery's Chow Line; Bottom left photograph: At the University of Hawaii with Yamashige; Bottom right…
Shoulder patches worn by 442nd personnel while stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss. Top left corner: Third Army patch; Top right corner: 442nd Combat Team patch; Bottom left corner: Ninth Corps patch; Bottom right corner: Second Army patch.
Photos on this page taken in New Orleans. Top left photograph: At Tulane Stadium- Morimoto, Nakamura, Uchima, Tawata, Okamoto, Takamoto; Top right photograph: On Taylor's chariot. Three guys sitting on an automobile; Middle row, left photograph:…
Photos on this page taken in New Orleans.
First row, left photograph: On Taylor's chariot; First row, right photograph: Some of the guys at Audubon Park; Middle row, left photograph: Audubon Park, New Orleans; Middle row, right photograph: Canal…
Top row, furthest left photograph: Audubon Park- New Orleans. Standing in front of a fountain in the park; Top row, middle photograph: Charity Hospital in rear center; Top row, furthest right photograph: Unkei on Canal & Bourbon [street]; Bottom row,…
Top row, left photograph: Unidentified soldier in front of the barracks. Stamped on back: "Hammond Photo Service. Meridian, Miss. April 13, 1944"; Top row, middle photograph: Tawata-Maehara. Written on back: "My communication Sgt, Sgt. David S.…
Top row, furthest left photograph: Tawata- Maehara; Top row, (missing) middle photograph: Lt. Walter Iwasa; Top row, furthest right photograph: Sgt. Sekiguchi Waialua. Stamped on back: "Hammond Photo Service, Meridian, Miss. Apr. 13, 1944; Middle…
Top row, left photograph: Company cooks- Fujita, Nakamura, Nagota. Written on back: "My cooks." Stamped on back: "Hammond Photo Service, Meridian, Miss. Jan. 24, 1944." ; Top row, right photograph: James Oka. Written on back: "S Sgt. James I. Oka of…
Top row, furthest left photograph: James Oka; Top row, middle photograph: Yukio Tanimoto (KIA). Written on back: "S. Sgt. Yukio Tanimoto (KIA) of Honolulu"; Top row, furthest right photograph: Haruo Fujii. Written on back: "S Sgt. Haruo Fujii of…
Photos on this page taken in Washington, D.C., on 3 November 1943. Top row, left photograph: Stayed at Capital Park Hotel. Written on back: "11.3.43. Looking toward the half dozen hotels from Washington Square. I stayed at Capitol Park Hotel as…
Photos on this page taken in Washington, D.C. Top photograph: Cherry Blossoms along the Potomac. Written on back: "The cherry blossoms around the Tedal Basin"; Middle photograph: (The National Archives Building) Lincoln 's Memorial. Written on back:…
Photos on this page taken in Arlington, VA. Top left photograph: Arlington Cemetery; Middle left photograph: Guard on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Bottom left photograph: Mary and Norma from Arlington Farms.
Photos on this page taken in Arlington, VA. Top row, middle photograph: Arlington Cemetery- Looking towards Arlington Farms and Washington's Monument; Top row, furthest right photograph: Unknown woman sitting by a fountain in front of the Capitol…
Top row, left photograph: Looking towards the Capitol; Top row, right photograph: Supreme Court in back; Middle row, left photograph: National Art Gallery; Middle row, right photograph: Washington's Monument; Bottom row, left photograph: Arlington,…
Photos on this page taken in New York City, New York. Top row, left photograph: Bronx Zoo; Top row, middle photograph: Unidentified soldier sitting on a park bench; Middle row, furthest left photograph: Bronx squirrel; Middle row, middle photograph:…
Photos on this page taken in New York City, New York. Top row, furthest left photograph: St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City; Top row, middle left photograph: RCA BLDG., Rockefeller Center (853 feet high) New York City; Top row, middle right…
Top row, left photograph: Lincoln's Statue, Cambridge; Top row, right photograph: Common Square, Boston; Bottom row, left photograph: Lincoln Park, Cambridge, Mass.; Bottom row, right photograph: Boston Common.
Top row, left photograph: Unidentified soldier leaving on furlough; Top row, middle photograph: George & Dwight, and unidentified couple standing nearby; Top row, furthest right photograph: University of Minnesota. Unidentified soldier smoking…
Photos on this page taken in Rohwer, Arkansas on 9 April 1944. Top row, left photograph: Written on back: "Rohwer, Ark. 4-9-44. Harriet Argo sews on Regtl. shoulder patch on my sleeve while S Sgts. Onaga, Maehara, Otani & Yokooji look on…
Photos on this page taken in Rohwer, Arkansas. Top photograph: Written on back: "Rowher, Arkansas"; Middle photograph: Written on back: "Rohwer, Ark., April 8, 1944. Co. B. 5 of 6 Dukes pose with Lily Koyama & a civilian"; Bottom photograph: Written…
Photos on this page taken in Rohwer, Arkansas on 9 April 1944. Top row, furthest left photograph: Iwao and Yone. Written on back: "Rohwer, Ark. 4-9-44. S Sgt. Yokooji with Yoneko Ichiki. She's smiling at me"; Top row, middle photograph: Written on…
Photos on this page taken in Rohwer, Arkansas. Top row, furthest left photograph: Written on back: "Left to right: Sgt. Walter Kitagawa of Co. B., Harriet Arao, Margaret Kobayashi, Terry Akutagawa, Ann Kuni, Yone Ichiki"; Top row, middle photograph:…
Top row, furthest left photograph: Bond Buying by 442nd Men; Top row, furthest right photograph: Lining up for the bus. Stamped on back: "Hammond Photo Service, Meridian, Miss. Sep. 14, 1944"; Furthest right, middle photograph: Written on back:…
Top row, furthest left photograph: Takato. Stamped on back: "Hammond Photo Service, Meridian, Miss. Jan. 24, 1944"; Top row, middle photograph: Unidentified soldier standing on bridge in Jackson, Mississippi; Top row, furthest right photograph: On…
Top row, furthest left photograph: Lincoln Memorial; Top row, middle left photograph: White House; Top row, middle right photograph: Washington's Monument; Top row, furthest right photograph: Tets Onaga; Bottom row, left photograph: Rikio Moritsugu…
Top row, left photograph: Jimmie S. Onchi painting the bulletin board; Top row, right photograph: (Back of photo) Camp Shelby, Mississippi. T Sgt. Onchi of Calif. painting bulletin board; Bottom row, left photograph: Unidentified soldier working on…
Top left photograph: Unidentified soldier. Written on back: "Camp Shelby, Miss., Oct. 1944";Top right photograph: Two unidentified soldiers. Written on back: "Camp Shelby, Miss.,Oct. 1944"; Right middle photograph: Shoji Kato with friend next to the…
Top row, left photograph: [Camp Shelby, Miss., Oct. 1944]; Top row, right photograph: Tatsuo Suzuki,George Asaoka; Middle row, left photograph: Shoji Kato next to the barracks; Middle row, right photograph: Company B, 171st Infrantry Battalion…
Top row, left photograph: Yokojii, Hayashi, Nakamura; Top row, right photograph: Shooting some pool; Middle row, left photograph: In front of the map displays; Middle row, right photograph: Hanging out by the map displays; Bottom left photograph: One…
Top left photograph: Section in French Quarters; Top middle photograph: George Asaoka; Top right photograph: In front of [St. Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo];
Right side, middle photograph: Walking through a park; Bottom left photograph: On [Canal…
Top row, left photograph: Left background: The Cabildo- famous museum built in 1795; Top row, middle photograph: In front of St. Louis Cathedral built in 1794; Top row, right photograph: Statue of Gen. Andrew Jackson; Left side middle photograph:…
Top left photograph: Soldier in the front of the row boat; Top right photograph: Enjoying an excursion on the Mississippi River- X2. Steamer "President"; Left middle photograph: Unidentified soldier next to the railroad tracks; Bottom left…
Left photograph: Milano- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II- Interno; Top right photograph: Near Red Cross Area- Milano, Italy; Bottom right photograph: Setting up camp in Lecco, Italy.
Top left photograph: Baker's Row, 100th Bn., Leghorn, Italy; Middle left photograph: Hq. Co. 100th Bn. Area with Ospedale Constanzo CIANO on left background; Bottom left photograph: Baker Men Ready for Retreat: Nakamura, Murakami, Takamori, Ogawa,…
Top left photograph: In front of Cathedral, Florence; Top middle photograph: Overlooking Palace, Florence; Top right photograph: Overlooking Palace, Florence; Bottom left photograph: City's Square, Florence; Center photograph: On Vecchio Bridge-…
Top left photograph: Typical Italian town "on a hill"; Middle left photograph: Railroad Depot in Rome (7:00am); Bottom left photograph: The "Racetrack"- Redeployment Center- in Naples.
Top left photograph: Demolished city between Rome & Naples; Top right photograph: Satoru Nakamura with Takamori at Baker CP- Leghorn; Left middle photograph: Remain of Arterial Aqueduct- Rome; Bottom right photograph: My Quarters- the Stables- in…
Top row, left photograph: Liberty Ship "Hunter" Loading with Troops in Naples; Top row, right photograph: Mt. Vesuvius over sunken ships and docks- Naples; Middle row, left photograph: Peeling potatoes on our Liberty Ship; Middle row, right…
Top left photograph: [Satoru Nakamura] with Richard Chinen; Middle left photograph: Heading towards New York City with Ambrose Light in sight; Bottom left photograph: Ambrose Lighthouse-about 11 miles from New York.
Top right photograph: M Sgt. Boitel, 1st Sgt. Chapman & 1st Sgt. Nakamura; Middle right photograph: Nearing Journey's End for Liberty Ship "Daniel C. Hill"; Bottom right photograph: Exchanging Greetings.
Top row, left photograph: Administration Bldgs- Ft. Dix, New Jersey; Top, right photograph: My "home" in Fort Dix- Row 76, Tent No. 10; Bottom left photograph: Satoru Nakamura's discharge certificate.
Top photograph: Memorial for the 442nd & 100th Infantries at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Bottom photograph: Lts. and up salute our 9 bus convoy at Camp Shelby.
Top photograph: [Satoru Nakamura] in front of the Go for Broke Memorial at Camp Shelby; Bottom photograph: [Satoru Nakamura] with friends in front of Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.
Camp Shelby, Mississippi. June 17, 1995. Top photograph: Daniel Inouye waving at the camera; Bottom photograph: Veterans setting up flowers in front of the memorial.
Top photograph: Veteran Color Guard ready for the parade; Middle photograph: Veteran Color Guard walking down the street for the Nisei Week Parade; Bottom photograph: Veteran Color Guard standing at attention.
Top right photograph: 3-1-1A 442nd (Hawaii) Color Guard & me. Camp Shelby, June 16, 1995; Bottom left photograph: "Go for Broke" veteran being interviewed by a local newscaster; Bottom right photograph: Waiting in line for the ceremony.
Top photograph: The stage with large American flag backdrop. Large audience; Middle photograph: Two WWII Veterans with a news cameraman; Bottom photograph: [Satoru Nakamura] with two 100th Infantry Battalion veterans.
Shigeru Nakamura and the interviewers introduce themselves. He talks about his nickname. He discusses his parents immigration to the United States. He describes his father's career. He talks about a trip that he took to Japan when he was a child. He…
Nakamura describes his assignments towards the end of World War Two. He talks about his journey home. He briefly discusses how he reconnected with his family. He talks about his employment after the war. He describes his children and grandchildren.…
