Arthur "Art" Iwasaki oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 13, 1999
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Iwasaki discusses his experiences with post-war discrimination; provides some thoughts regarding racial slurs; and talks about starting his own nursery and garden store. He then talks about sharing some of his war experiences with his wife and children; his experiences revisiting battle sites in Europe post-war; and discusses the attack on Pearl Harbor. Next, Iwasaki talks about some of his fellow soldiers in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team; the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and discusses visiting relatives and a former neighbor in Japan. Lastly, Iwasaki talks about speaking Japanese at home as a child; discusses his feelings regarding being Japanese American; and talks about his grandchildren.
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0:27:28
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1999OH0044_03_Iwasaki
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/044-Iwasaki-Art-3.m4v
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1919 Oct 27
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Iwasaki, Arthur: narrator, Fukumoto, Lynn: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Arthur "Art" Iwasaki oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 13, 1999,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050046.