Robert Kimura oral history interview, part 5 of 8, April 24, 1999

After his language training and basic training, Kimura would ship out, heading first to Australia, where they would set up in tents and settle in at Camp Chelmer. There, he would join up with Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) and get his first assignment as a translator in New Guinea and Bougainville. While in Bougainville, he would try to get captured documents and interrogate prisoners of war to gain as much information as possible. He tells a story that all officers, including generals had to respect the privacy of the interrogations and would have to ask permission to view them.

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1999OH0050_05_Kimura

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/050-Kimura-Rusty-5.m4v

1915 Jan 19

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