Enro Okada oral history interview, part 5 of 6, September 27, 2005
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Enro Okada discusses being on the hospital ship and learning that the European war ends. In California, Okada receives treatment at the VA hospital. Okada receives the Purple Heart . He gets married in July 1945 after being discharge from the hospital. They have children and Okada opens a bakery post-war. He also recalls his pro-wrestling days and going on television.
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video/m4v
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0:28:38
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2005OH0610_05_Okada
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/610-Okada-Enro-5.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 May 20
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War or Conflict
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Yes
Citation
Okada, Enro: narrator, Garvey, John: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Enro Okada oral history interview, part 5 of 6, September 27, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051670.