Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 4 of 5, February 11, 2005

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Description

Teramura discusses more about his time in Europe during the war. One of his assignments there would be processing German prisoners of war. He discusses the SS and the power that they had in the Nazi Army. After the war had ended, he would work as a cook for the 442nd Regiment and would have the chance to travel through Europe during this time, including seeing Mussolini hung. He would return to the United States shortly after and get discharged at Fort Lewis in Washington. He would head back down to Portland to see family before heading back to Ontario to begin his own lettuce farm. Next, he talks about his marriage and how they came to meet.

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video/m4v

Extent

0:28:43

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Spatial Coverage

Identifier

2005OH0529_04_Teramura

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/529-Teramura-Yasu-4.m4v

Date of Birth

1922 Nov 18

Location of Birth

Incarceration Facilities

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Location of Basic Training

Index

Yes

Citation

Teramura, Yasu: narrator, Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 4 of 5, February 11, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051122.