Alfred "Nori" Arakaki oral history interview, part 4 of 5, September 28, 2003

Arakaki discusses more about being wounded in action five separate times and refusing the Purple Heart medal. He talks the various situations in which he was wounded and would end up in the hospital all five times. During his last wound, he would be declared unfit for combat and would instead, work a desk job in Marseille. He would write constantly to friends and family, learning of his families whereabouts. He next, talks about his various campaigns and war experiences, seeing dead bodies in the local river and fishing with concussion grenades. He also talks about his meeting his wife and discusses the various officers that he worked with throughout the war.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/390-Arakaki-Alfred-4.m4v

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