Kenneth Muroshige oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 21, 2005
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Muroshige describes growing up in Hawaii and his conscription into the United States Army. He is suffers a leg wound during the Allied invasion of Italy and is left stranded for a day before being evacuated to military hospitals and eventually returned to the United States. He recounts witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Imperial Navy Air Service and his fears surrounding the United States Army's ill-preparedness for war.
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video/m4v
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0:28:25
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2005OH0621_01_Muroshige
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/621-Muroshige-Kenneth-1.m4v
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1914 Nov 11
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Citation
Muroshige, Kenneth: narrator, Tahara-Kim, Lynette: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Kenneth Muroshige oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 21, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051713.