Kayo Hayakawa oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 18, 2005
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Hayakawa discusses preparing to go overseas, getting passes to visit his mother, arriving in Europe, and joining up with the 100th Infantry Battalion. He then discusses his Company A assignment, the Champagne Campaign, soldiers who were killed in action, rations, and traveling to Livorno. Next, Hayakawa talks about his combat experiences at Hill Georgia, getting wounded, experiencing enemy fire with German soldiers, and disucsses the German's surrender of Hill Georgia. Latsly, Hayakawa talks about rest periods while overseas, and discusses learning about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death.
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video/m4v
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0:27:04
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2005OH0603_03_Hayakawa
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/603-Hayakawa-Kayo-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1922 Feb 14
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
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Hayakawa, Kayo: narrator, Inouye, Jason: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Kayo Hayakawa oral history interview, part 3 of 5, September 18, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051630.