Seichi Hoashi oral history interview, part 4 of 5, March 17, 2005
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Hoashi talks about his first combat overseas at Anzio Beach and moving up to the Mussolini canal. After this, he talks about his other experiences throughout the war, including the leadership of Thomas Takei, getting German soldiers to surrender, and capturing machine gun nests. He remarks on the casualties he saw and getting accidentally shelled by the 45th Division. They would move forward and try to capture Rome as their objective, also facing terrible weather throughout Bruyeres and the Lost Battalion campaigns.
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0:29:36
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2005OH0540_04_Hoashi
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/540-Hoashi-Seichi-4.m4v
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1921 Oct 21
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Yes
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Hoashi, Seichi: narrator et al., “Seichi Hoashi oral history interview, part 4 of 5, March 17, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051244.