Chikara Don Oka oral history interview, part 2 of 2, March 29, 2009
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In this short segment, Oka is asked to provide a few details about stories told earlier in the interview. He also recounts the death of his younger brother in an air raid on Christmas Eve, 1944. The final minutes of the interview ask Oka to speak directly to the Army about the value and lessons learned from being a linguist with ancestral ties to the occupied country. He advocates avoiding war at all costs because it produces suffering and pain in people.
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video/m4v
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0:15:59
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2009OH0089A_02_Oka
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/089A-Oka-Don-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1920 Jan 05
Location of Birth
War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Oka, Chikara Don: narrator et al., “Chikara Don Oka oral history interview, part 2 of 2, March 29, 2009,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050536.