Chester Hada oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 30, 2001
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Hada discusses going to Camp Shelby, and not traveling into town because he felt there was discrimination against Japanese Americans. After Camp Shelby, Hada went to Louisiana Maneuvers, where he had an assignment making dog tags. Hada then talks about traveling overseas to North Africa, his thoughts and feelings regarding incarceration camps, his first assignment in Oran, and a story regarding stolen K-Rations while traveling to Salerno. Lastly, he talks about experiencing enemy fire with German soldiers, his assignment directing artillery as a forward observer, and receiving a Silver Star.
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video/m4v
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00:28:52
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Spatial Coverage
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2001OH0211_03_Hada
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/211-Hada-Chester-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1919 Aug 17
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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
Hada, Chester: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Chester Hada oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 30, 2001,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052211.