Alfred "Nori" Arakaki oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 28, 2003
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Arakaki discusses Akira Sakima and various friends that he made in the Army from his platoon and squad. After this, he talks more about his basic training experiences and how he was assigned to the bazooka team. Once overseas, he would face his first combat at Anzio, seeing German prisoners of war for the first time. After this, he speaks more about his time as a bazooka man and the experiences he had in combat. He would end up being wounded five separate times and refusing the Purple Heart on multiple occasions.
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0:30:45
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0:30:45
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2003OH0390_03_Arakaki
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/390-Arakaki-Alfred-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1924 Jun 21
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War or Conflict
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Location of Basic Training
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Arakaki, Alfred: narrator et al., “Alfred "Nori" Arakaki oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 28, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1049938.