Nash Tahara oral history interview, part 6 of 6, February 29, 2004
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Tahara talks about the end of the war, as they were marching through Europe, a plane flew overhead and threw leaflets out to them. He would return to Hawaii, seeing his mother and hearing about the death of his father. He also talks about seeing his brothers overseas, as they were also in the 442nd. After this, he would be discharged from the Army, join the National Guard and then begin careers as a mechanic and then a baker in Hilo for King's Hawaiian Bakery. Next, he discusses his marriage and the rest of his family. After this, he speaks about the telling his kin about his war time experiences and the legacy of being a 100th Infantry Battalion veteran.
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video/m4v
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0:23:16
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2004OH0409_06_Tahara
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/409-Tahara-Nash-6.m4v
Date of Birth
1922 Mar 05
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Tahara, Nash: narrator, Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Nash Tahara oral history interview, part 6 of 6, February 29, 2004,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050142.