Isao Shimoyama oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 15, 2002
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Shimoyama talks about basic training at Fort Snelling for Military Intelligence Service (MIS), and his assignments in Seoul, Korea translating Korean newspaper articles. He then talks about the differences between Korean and Japanese language, discusses the end of the war and Japan’s surrender, and his experiences in Manila. He also talks about receiving a furlough to visit relatives but then having to go to the hospital due to scabies. Lastly, Shimoyama talks about going to UCLA because of the G.I. Bill, and becoming a chemist.
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0:22:42
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2002OH0304_02_Shimoyama
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/304-Shimoyama-Isao-2.m4v
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1925 Mar 12
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Shimoyama, Isao: narrator, Demonteverde, Marie: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Isao Shimoyama oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 15, 2002,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed July 19, 2025, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053220.