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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Mar 03
Incarceration Facilities
Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility
Topaz Concentration Camp
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
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, part 4 of 4, October 15, 2007
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Miyasaki, Minoru: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0817_04_Miyasaki
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Overseas, Minoru Miyasaki spent his time in Italy seizing the mountain from the German soldiers. When Minoru was not in combat, he was a litter-bearer. He recalls carrying Senator Daniel Inouye in a stretcher to the Aid Station. Minoru explains the medics helped the wounded, and the Grave Register Unit helped retrieve the casualties off the field.
Minoru describes life on the battlefields and having three close calls with German shells. Soldiers' lives were not the only ones in danger. Minoru explains the Officers tried to avoid being a target by the German soldiers. Therefore, the Officers dressed the same as the soldiers in the field.
At the end of the war, Minoru stayed to guard the German Prisoners and the supplies because he did not have enough points to return home. In 1946, Minoru was discharged from the Military at Fort Meade, Maryland, and went to San Francisco, CA, on a bus. Coming home, Minoru was decorated with the Combat Infantryman Badge, Presidential Unit Citation, three battle stars of his European Campaign, and Good Conduct.
Post-war, Minoru worked a few jobs before working for Peralta College for 25 years before retiring. Minoru married Lilly and had two children, Karen, and Kevin. Minoru was active with the Nisei Veterans Group and going to reunions. Minoru felt the Nisei legacy helped open opportunities for future generations, and he donated his book of war photographs to Go For Broke National Education Center.
442nd
92nd division
artillery shells
awards and medals
battle
bus
camera
combat
combat infantryman badge
correspondence
discharge
employment
European Theater
Fort Meade
fortifications
France
G Company
German soldiers
German tanks
Good Conduct Medal
Hawaiian soldiers
homecoming
Italian soldiers
Italy
Japanese American soldiers
K rations
Killed in Action (KIA)
litter-bearer
mail service
Mainland soldiers
meals
medic
mortar shells
Mount Fogarito
Nisei legacy
Nisei soldiers
officers
post war
Presidential Unit Citation
prisoner of war
Prisoners of War (POWs)
rank
reunions
rice
Senator Daniel Inouye
shell shock
shells
showers
souvenirs
Stars and Stripes newspaper
World War Two
wounded in action (WIA)
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, October 14, 2007
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Oct 09
Location of Birth
Loomis, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 14, 2007
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Uchimoto, Dan: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0813_03_Uchimoto
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In Iowa, Dan Uchimoto receives a draft notice from the Army and leaves Loras College. Dan's parents leave camp voluntarily and resettle in the East. However, some people stay in camp until World War Two ends. A family friend tells Dan's parents about a job opportunity for a family in Westerville, Ohio. Dan's parents move to Ohio and work for a retired General Motors executive.
Dan goes to Camp Blanding, Jacksonville, Florida, for basic training. Basic training is for seventeen weeks long. In Florida, Dan learns about Jim Crow and segregation. Dan shares a story about racism.
He goes to northern Italy in 1945. Dan is assigned to the Rifle Platoon, Company C, 100th Battalion. The 442nd at the time has lost hundreds of men in the Bruyeres Campaign and are resting in Menton while waiting for replacements. Dan joins the 442nd in January 1945. In April 1945, they go to Northern Italy for the final push.
Dan recalls Platoon Sergeant Burt Tanaka allowing him to switch assignments. Three days later, Dan leaves the Riflemen Platoon and joins is in the Weapons Platoon as an ammunition carrier.
During the war in Italy, Dan carries a magazine with him that brings him comfort during combat. He discusses the disadvantages in the Italian Campaign and the life of an Army soldier during wartimes.
When the German soldiers surrender, Dan's company is assigned to guard the prisoners of war. Dan gets to know some of them and says they are nice people. For his service in the Army, Dan receives a Combat Infantryman Badge for 90 days of combat. He also receives a badge for his efforts in the Italian Campaign. In 1945, the atomic bomb is drop-in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, and Dan is still in Italy. Dan is not discharged until 1946.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
442nd
Army
artillery barrage
artillery fire
artillery shells
atomic bomb
badge
basic training
Bruyeres-Biffontaine
Camp Blanding
Camp Kilmer
civilians
college
colored
combat infantryman badge
Company C
Draft
Farming
foxhole
France
Gila River
Higher education
induction
induction center
injury
Issei
Issei parents
Italy
Japanese American soldier
Jim Crow
killed in aciton
Leghorn (Livorno)
light weapons
marching
mortar
Nisei
Nisei solider
Ohio
pass
physical
platoon
platoon sergeant
Prisoners of War (POWs)
private first class
riflemen
segregation
serial number
sleep
uniforms
voyage
weapons
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William Yoshito Thompson oral history interview, June 27, 2007
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Mar 15
Location of Birth
Hilo, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Rome-Arno Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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William Yoshito Thompson oral history interview, part 3 of 3, June 27, 2007
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Thompson, William Yoshito: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0777_03_Thompson
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An account of the resource
William Yoshito Thompson arrives in France and lands in Marseille. William's unit is the 2nd Battalion Head Quarters, which services the Rifle Company. In the Rifle Company, there is E Company, F Company, and G Company (the heavy weapons company). October 15, William encounters his first battle in the surrounding areas of Bruyeres. He talks about the objectives and the turning point of Bruyeres.
Although William's unit is not assigned to the Lost Battalion rescue, he discusses the events and gives credit to his unit for helping to get the Germans out of the Vosges area.
After leaving Southern France, William returns to Italy for the last push at the Gothic Line. He remembers moving fast through the towns. The Rifle Company and William's company are both facing casualties. William's company loses serval men plus their Company Commander. The replacement Company Commander is Nishimura.
William discusses the German surrendering and the end of the war. He leaves Italy in November and returns to California to Camp Beale. From there, he goes on a boat to Hawaii and is discharged from the Army in December.
Post-war, William furthers his education at the University of Hawaii and works for the Water Department for 17 years. He gets married and has four children and six grandchildren.
Furthermore, William talks about the importance of character building, his Issei uncle, and Shiego Joseph Takata. Despite the racial prejudices, the Nisei veterans persevered and showed oyakoukou - bringing honor to their parents and their county.
100th
36th Division
442nd
ammunition
Anti-Tank Company
Arno River
artillery fire
artillery shells
Biffontaine
Black Market
Bruyeres-Biffontaine
Camp Beale
Camp Shelby
casualties
Champagne Campaign
children
Company Commander
correspondence
discharge
Distinguished Service Cross
employment
Executive Order 9066
France
frontline
General Dahlquist
Geneva
German soldiers
Gothic Line
hapa
headquarters company
homecoming
internment camp
Issei
Italy
Japanese American
Japanese identity and values
Japanese soldiers
Killed in Action
last push
Lost Battalion
marriage
mortar fire
mortar shell
Nisei legacy
Nisei soldiers
Nisei veteran story
omamori
post war
prejudice
prisoner of war
Racism
ration
ration runner
rations
rifle company
Sansei
University of Hawaii
Vosges
World War Two
wounded in action
Yonsei
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Thomas Ukichi Wozumi oral history interview, June 25, 2007
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Jul 24
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
3rd Engineer Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Rome-Arno Campaign
Anzio Campaign
Belvedere
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
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Thomas Ukichi Wozumi oral history interview, part 3 of 4, June 25, 2007
Creator
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Wozumi, Thomas Ukichi: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0774_03_Wozumi
Description
An account of the resource
Thomas Ukichi Wozumi goes on leave to New York before going overseas. He shows an original menu he got from Miyako Restaurant in New York. Thomas departs on a cargo ship and lands in Iran and travels to Naples, France.
He recalls his first battle, the Lost Battalion, and the 442nd first battle with the German soldiers. He discusses the difference between German and American guns, living conditions on the battlefield, and replacements.
At the end of October, Thomas is injured by a landmine when his Company crosses the river. He receives the Purple Heart for his injuries. After his recovery, he goes to Anzio and stays in Naples for a while. Shortly after, Thomas gets trench foot and is reclassified from the messenger squad to being a driver.
Thomas returns to Hawaii on September 5, 1945, after being discharge from service. He shares his homecoming experience and works at the Post Office as a mail courier for 27 years before retiring.
100th
442nd
Anzio
Anzio beach
artillery fire
artillery shells
attack
basic training
battle
battle memories
correspondence
discharged
employment
Epinal
Florida
foxholes
German guns
German soldiers
gun
Hawaiian soldiers
homecoming
Issei parents
Killed in Action
Lost Battalion
Naples
Nisei soldiers
Nisei veterans
overseas
overseas trip
platoon
post war
Purple Heart
reclassification
replacements
rifles
San Francisco
shrapnel
squad
trench foot
wife
wounded in action
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Kenneth Inada oral history interview, September 26, 2005
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/606-Inada-Kenneth-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 May 07
Location of Birth
Honolulu, 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
442nd Regimental Combat Team
171st Cadre Training Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Index
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Yes
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Kenneth Inada oral history interview, part 3 of 7, September 26, 2005
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Inada, Kenneth: narrator
Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2005OH0606_03_Inada
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Inada continues talking about his high school years, talking about associations with Daniel Inouye, who later became a Medal of Honor recipient and American senator. He also discusses the discrimination that was faced before the war, such as not being able to get a job because of race or class implications. Next, he talks about hearing the artillery shelling and seeing the Japanese planes during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and hearing the President speak on the radio. He talks about the aftereffects of the attacks, including pro-Japanese groups forming and people being taken to relocation camps. After this, he would join the Army, volunteering and heading to Schofield Barracks before heading to the mainland.
Subject
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Education
Race--Discrimination
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:04
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2005 September 26
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Las Vegas, Nevada
442nd Regimental Combat Team
artillery shells
class
Daniel Inouye
discrimination
Farrington High School
FBI
Golden Gate Bridge
Great Depression
job discrimination
K Company
Kauai
Pearl Harbor
pilots
planes
President Roosevelt
radio
relocation camps
San Francisco
Schofield Barracks
speech
SS Lurline
volunteer
YMCA
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Tommy Nishioka oral history interview, June 21, 2000
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/135-Nishioka-Tommy-5.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Aug 01
Location of Birth
Pahala, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Nishi
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Rome-Arno Campaign
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Tommy Nishioka oral history interview, part 5 of 7, June 21, 2000
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Nishioka, Tommy: narrator
Enomoto, Satomi: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2000OH0135_05_Nishioka
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Nishioka talks more about his combat experiences in Sassetta, where the regiment would be involved in heavy house-to-house combat. He explains the differences between artillery shells and mortar shells and how he was wounded in action by a mortar shell. Once wounded, he would make it off the battlefield and be sent to a hospital in Rome for an operation. However, once the doctor looked at the X-Ray, he decided that he could not get surgery and instead sent him back to the United States. His first reaction was that he didn't want to leave his friends that were fighting the war still but in the end would need to go back. He talks about war time experiences such as seeing a casualty for the first time and soldiers getting shell shock on the front lines.
artillery shells
casualties
close combat
combat
Fort Ord
friends
German soldiers
Italy
jeep
mortar shells
replacements
rest camp
Sassetta
seasickness
shell shock
shrapnel
stretcher
tree bursts
Vosges Mountains
wounded in action (WIA)
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Samuel Yamaguchi oral history interview, September 11, 2004
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/488-Yamaguchi-Sam-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Aug 11
Location of Birth
San Diego, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
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
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
North Africa Deployment
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Samuel Yamaguchi oral history interview, part 4 of 5, September 11, 2004
Creator
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Yamaguchi, Samuel: narrator
Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0488_04_Yamaguchi
Description
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Samuel Yamaguchi discusses his combat experiences and getting seriously injured. He talks about his injury and medical recovery. He also discusses how he was transferred out of the 442nd unit due to his injuries.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Combat--Foxhole
World War II--Casualties
World War II--Medical care
World War II--Nisei soldiers
World War II--Combat--Weapons--Artillery
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:37
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 September 11
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
California
artillery shells
Black Market
Hill 140
hospitalization
switchboard operator
women
wounded in action (WIA)
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Samuel Yamaguchi oral history interview, September 11, 2004
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/488-Yamaguchi-Sam-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Aug 11
Location of Birth
San Diego, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
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
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
North Africa Deployment
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
Dublin Core
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Title
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Samuel Yamaguchi oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 11, 2004
Creator
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Yamaguchi, Samuel: narrator
Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0488_03_Yamaguchi
Description
An account of the resource
Samuel Yamaguchi discusses his experiences in the military. He talks about enlisting, and waiting in Utah to get inducted. He also discusses visiting his family in Poston before shipping out for basic training.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
World War II--Military service--Travel
World War II--Nisei soldiers
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:27
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 September 11
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
California
artillery shells
combat experiences
injury
Mississippi
rifleman
segregation
squad members