Nobo "Nob" Ikuta oral history interview, part 4 of 5, November 23, 2003
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Ikuta talks about his funniest wartime experience at Camp Savage, as well as his worst wartime memory of being taken into protective custody. He then talks about Army friendships; his experiences at the end of the war; returning to the United States and building a house in the Los Angeles area; and his post-war landscaping business. He then talks about working as a landscaper for UCLA, retiring, meeting his wife, and discusses his children. Lastly, Ikuta talks about his post-war trips to Europe which included visiting past battlefields; and discusses how Nisei military service helped the Japanese community.
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0:26:28
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2003OH0401_04_Ikuta
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/401-Ikuta-Nobo-4.m4v
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1917 Apr 22
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War or Conflict
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Yes
Citation
Ikuta, Nobo: narrator, Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Nobo "Nob" Ikuta oral history interview, part 4 of 5, November 23, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050063.