Lawson Sakai oral history interview, part 6 of 9, August 30, 2003
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Sakai discusses officers in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team; and talks about weapons he carried. Teruya then discusses his first combat experiences in Italy including encounters with German soldiers, mines, seeing soldiers killed in action, and describes tree bursts. Next, Sakai talks about his first combat experiences; soldiers killed in action; weapons; and German equipment. Lastly, Teruya describes German 88mm guns; and Sakai talks about 442nd troop movements and the liberation of Bruyeres.
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video/m4v
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0:28:46
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2003OH0374_06_Sakai
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/374-Sakai-Lawson-6.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 Oct 27
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Yes
Citation
Sakai, Lawson: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Lawson Sakai oral history interview, part 6 of 9, August 30, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1049784.