Masuo Tsuda oral history interview, part 3 of 5, May 1, 2005

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Description

Tsuda talks about facing discrimination after the war and not being served at a gas station. He would go on to volunteer with the Army, get inducted at Fort Douglas and began basic training at Camp Shelby. There, he would join up with E company and learn bayonet training, among other things. He would take a furlough before being shipped overseas in a convoy of ships. They would land in Sicily first, before docking in Naples where they would begin their first campaign, going through Civitavecchia and then Hill 140. He talks about the battles and the intricacies of war.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:26:45

Language

Spatial Coverage

Identifier

2005OH0564_03_Tsuda

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/564-Tsuda-Masuo-3.m4v

Date of Birth

1924 Jun 21

Location of Birth

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Location of Basic Training

Index

Yes

Citation

Tsuda, Masuo: narrator, Wasserman, Steven: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Masuo Tsuda oral history interview, part 3 of 5, May 1, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051393.