Kazuo Hinatsu oral history interview, part 4 of 6, February 10, 2005

Hinatsu would arrive in Naples after a long journey across the ocean. He talks about his war experiences and route that the unit took while in combat. First, he talks about going through Civitavecchia and Sasseta, stopping at Hill 140, where the 442nd took heavy casualties. Throughout the war, he would be assigned to set wire down to help with communications at the front line. He also talks about the shelling that the German soldiers shot at them, including a close call that threw Hinatsu out of a trench, leaving him shaking with fear. Next, they would head through Bruyeres and the Vosges Mountains, where they would face tree bursts and rescue the Lost Battalion.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/530-Hinatsu-Kazuo-4.m4v

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