Iwao Yokooji oral history interview, part 6 of 7, June 7, 1999
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Yokooji discusses his reasons for volunteering to go to Korea and talks about his assignment during the Korean War interrogating POWs. He then talks about his relationship with a company commander; discusses the end of the Korean War; talks about soldiers killed in action; and discusses his brothers' military service including one brother who was killed in action. Lastly, Yokooji talks about visiting Korean post-war; and his post Korean War service in Japan interpreting for General [MacArthur].
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0:29:27
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1999OH0056_06_Yokooji
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/056-Yokooji-Iwao-6.m4v
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1921 Nov 17
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Yokooji, Iwao: narrator, Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Iwao Yokooji oral history interview, part 6 of 7, June 7, 1999,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050192.