Edwin Nakashima oral history interview, part 4 of 5, June 19, 2000
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Nakashima discusses the different battles he fights in. He shares his experience in Anzio, Italy and his first combat. One of his duties in Italy is being a first scout and then acting Sergeant. Nakashima never feels he is going to die even when he goes through a mine field. During the war he sees a dead body and describes blue flies. Throughout the whole war, Nakashima only gets wounded in the foot. In Italy, he encounters civilians and he sees a wounded German Soldier. Nakashima reminisces about his foster brother.
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video/m4v
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0:28:43
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2000OH0129_04_Nakashima
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/129-Nakashima-Edwin-4.m4v
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1921 Oct 04
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Citation
Nakashima, Edwin: narrator, Shoho, Stephanie: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Edwin Nakashima oral history interview, part 4 of 5, June 19, 2000,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051009.