Hideo Nakauchi oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 28, 2002
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Nakauchi describes an accident that left casualties, and talks about his experiences in Bruyeres. He also talks about his duties in a machine gun squad, interactions with civilians while in Bruyeres, the Lost Battalion rescue, and getting wounded while in the Vosges Forest. Nakauchi then discusses receiving a Purple Heart, returning to the Vosges Forest after recovering from his injury; and discusses the Champagne Campaign. After the end of the war, Nakauchi returned to Italy and had an assignment processing German prisoners of war. Lastly, Nakauchi discusses trying to bring back souvenirs to the United States, and recalls as story in which the aforementioned souvenirs were stolen.
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0:27:43
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2002OH0253_03_Nakauchi
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/253-Nakauchi-Hideo-3.m4v
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1923 Dec 06
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Nakauchi, Hideo: narrator, Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Hideo Nakauchi oral history interview, part 3 of 5, February 28, 2002,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052687.