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Isamu Kawanishi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, July 14, 2007

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2007OH0788_02_Kawanishi.xml

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Title

Isamu Kawanishi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, July 14, 2007

Creator

Kawanishi, Isamu: narrator

Horsting, Isamu: interviewer

Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher

Description

Kawanishi continues his recollection of his time at Camp Shelby in Mississippi as he began his basic training with the 442nd Regiment. He talks about the Hawaiian soldiers and segregation he saw in the South, as well as a few times he got in trouble for insubordination in the Army. He would be shipped out of Virginia and arrived in Naples, Italy where he would experience many different facets of war, including getting wounded from shrapnel. He also talks about the various battles he was involved with and being attached to the 3rd Army, which was run by General Patton. At the end of the war, the 522nd Artillery Battalion would be the ones to open the gates at the Dachau concentration camp, and Kawanishi talks about the people he saw coming out of there. After a few months in the military occupation of Germany, he would be sent back to Colorado and get discharged.

Subject

World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby

World War II--Military service--522nd Field Artillery Battalion

World War II--European Theater

Type

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:56:54

Language

Date

Spatial Coverage

Torrance, California

Source

Go For Broke National Education Center

Identifier

2007OH0788_02_Kawanishi

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/788-Kawanishi-Sam-2.m4v

Date of Birth

1916 Jun 26

Location of Birth

Los Angeles, California

War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Nickname

Location of Basic Training

Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Fort Ord, California

Unit of Service

522nd Field Artillery Battalion

Campaigns/Battles

Central Europe Campaign

Liberation of Dachau Subcamps

Index

Yes

Collection

Isamu Kawanishi oral history interview, July 14, 2007

Citation

Kawanishi, Isamu: narrator, Horsting, Isamu: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Isamu Kawanishi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, July 14, 2007,” accessed March 6, 2021, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053175.