Hisashi Kumagai oral history interview, part 3 of 4, June 27, 2005
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Kumagai discusses having to leave his belongings behind after his family’s forced removal to Walerga temporary detention facility. He then talks about his brother’s military service, his experiences at Tule Lake incarceration camp, and describes barbed wire. Next, Kumagai talks about getting drafted and his experiences with segregation while traveling to Camp Shelby; how he got his nickname; and his experiences at basic training. Lastly, Kumagai talks about going on furlough; getting seasick while traveling to Europe; joining up with the 442nd; and his first combat experiences in Po Valley and at the Gothic Line.
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0:27:09
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2005OH0582_03_Kumagai
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/582-Kumagai-Hisashi-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1918 Oct 22
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War or Conflict
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Yes
Citation
Kumagai, Hisashi: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Hisashi Kumagai oral history interview, part 3 of 4, June 27, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051498.