Susumu Ota oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 10, 2004
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Ota talks about his friendship with a mainland Japanese American while at Jerome Concentration Camp, interactions with German POWs, a story regarding finding Italian money while overseas; and experiences at Camp Shelby and in Mississippi including discussing his relationship with Earl Finch and witnessing segregation. He then talks about traveling back to the United States, his experiences with discrimination while getting discharged; and meeting his wife and having children.
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0:29:01
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2004OH0507_03_Ota
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/507-Ota-Susumu-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 Apr 30
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Yes
Citation
Ota, Susumu: narrator, Tanaka, Sharon: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Susumu Ota oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 10, 2004,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 20, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050927.