Taro Arakaki oral history interview, part 2 of 4, October 23, 2005
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Arakaki continues his discussion on his time interpreting in the Philippines and the other places that he served during the war. He would also have the chance to visit Okinawa and see his family that was living there. He also talks about the time that he went to work at the General Headquarters in Tokyo and the things he saw there. Next, he talks more about working at the sugar mill in Hawaii and the reasons that he was happy to fight for the United States. After this, he talks about some Japanese war songs he learned growing up in Okinawa and a bit more about the village that he grew up in there.
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video/m4v
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0:27:44
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2005OH0630_02_Arakaki
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/630-Arakaki-Taro-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1919 Apr 10
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Campaigns/Battles
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Yes
Citation
Arakaki, Taro: narrator, Wasserman, Steven: inteviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Taro Arakaki oral history interview, part 2 of 4, October 23, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051772.