Takashi Matsui oral history interview, part 3 of 6, September 1, 2001
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Matsui talks about his whereabouts when he first head of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, hearing it on the radio and getting drafted into the Army at Fort Lewis. He would attend basic training at Camp Robinson, where he would immediately get friendly with a Native American soldier. He would be assigned to the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Camp Savage and begin his courses there. He would train as a translator as he was a kibei and understood Japanese well, and would even stay on to be an instructor.
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video/m4v
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0:28:27
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Spatial Coverage
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2001OH0199_03_Matsui
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/199-Matsui-Tak-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1917 Jan 20
Location of Birth
War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Matsui, Takashi: narrator, Okinaka, Bobby: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Takashi Matsui oral history interview, part 3 of 6, September 1, 2001,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052151.