Peter Okada oral history interview, part 4 of 6, April 9, 2000
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Okada discusses his experiences living at Father Flanagan's Boys Town. He also talks about how and why he enlisted in the U.S. military; and his participation in Occupied Japan. He shares anecdotes regarding: social activist Lily Okura, post-war Tokyo, casual conversations with Japanese POWs, and how he pursued his college degree.
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video/m4v
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0:28:59
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2000OH0113_04_Okada
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/113-Okada-Peter-4.m4v
Date of Birth
1919 May 23
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Okada, Peter: narrator, Yamada, Gayle: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Peter Okada oral history interview, part 4 of 6, April 9, 2000,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050827.