Yukio Kawamoto oral history interview, part 4 of 7, October 11, 2003

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Description

Yukio Kawamoto describes the horrors of war that he witnessed during his military experience in the Pacific Theater. He talks about his time in Manila during the Philippine Campaign, and how he was sent on furlough back to the United States. Once he returned to Salt Lake City, he was hired by the War Relocation Authority as a bilingual relocation officer. He helped the Issei and Nisei with relocation activities from the American concentration camps.

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video/m4v

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00:30:14

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2003OH0393_04_Kawamoto

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Yes

Citation

Kawamoto, Yukio: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yukio Kawamoto oral history interview, part 4 of 7, October 11, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1049524.