Tomii Tom Matsushita oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 18, 2005
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Matsushita discusses the friends that he made throughout the War in A and K company. Upon arrival in Italy, he would be engaged in combat, seeing captains shooting at prisoners of war. They would trek through Rome, and move up through Italy towards France. He discusses the details of a war, including hygiene, K rations and uniforms. Next, he talks about their experiences visiting the local towns, taking heavy casualties and heading to France. Sensing the end of the war, the 442nd continued to take heavy casualties through Po Valley, ending up with a few Medal of Honor members in K Company.
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0:27:58
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2005OH0602_03_Matsushita
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/602-Matsushita-Tom-3.m4v
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1924 Sep 14
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Matsushita, Tomii: narrator, Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Tomii Tom Matsushita oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 18, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051622.