Takashi Matsui oral history interview, part 5 of 6, September 1, 2001

Matsui continues stories from occupied Japan, including talking with desperate civilians trying to sell things on the black market. He would also help with the war crimes trials as an investigator with the 8th Army Judge Advocate section. His assignment would be to get statements from various witnesses as a part of the defense. He talks more about the trials, ending up working on around 25 different cases during his time there. Next, he talks about visiting his parents that were living in Kyushu during one of his furloughs and what it was like to see them and hear about news of other family members. He would then return to the United States, where he would go back to college and end up working for Mitsubishi as a deputy branch manager.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/199-Matsui-Tak-5.m4v

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