Harvey Kitaoka oral history interview, part 6 of 7, January 23, 2005

Kitaoka discusses going overseas and his occupation phase in Berlin. He recalls what Berlin look like after the devastation of the war. Many of the structural buildings are in rubles and the buildings that are still existing are being occupied by the military for occupation.

After being discharge from the military, Kitaoka serves in the Korean War. He goes to navy flight training and receiving his wings December 1952. He describes basic training and advance training to become a pilot. As a pilot he flies a F9F5 Straight Wing Jet and experiences an emergency during a flight mission. He discusses the procedure of ejecting out of flight during an emergency and landing the jet.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/523-Kitaoka-Harvey-6.m4v

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