Seichi Sakaida oral history interview, part 2 of 2, August 26, 2007
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Seichi Sakaida discusses his leaders and squad members. He is in basic training for almost a year before deployment overseas. He lands in Naples, Italy. Seichi is in K Company and the mortar pool unit. His duty is to support the infantrymen.
Being part of the mortar unit, he describes the dangers that are faced on the battlefields. He shares his experiences of the Lost Battalion rescue, breaking the Gothic Line, and Bruyeres.
When the war ends, he sees two of his brothers overseas. Post-war, Seichi returns home and works at Molokai plantation and Del Monte Kunia before retiring. He gets married and has three children and five grandchildren.
Seichi talks about the Nisei legacy and the contributions of the 442nd for future generations.
Being part of the mortar unit, he describes the dangers that are faced on the battlefields. He shares his experiences of the Lost Battalion rescue, breaking the Gothic Line, and Bruyeres.
When the war ends, he sees two of his brothers overseas. Post-war, Seichi returns home and works at Molokai plantation and Del Monte Kunia before retiring. He gets married and has three children and five grandchildren.
Seichi talks about the Nisei legacy and the contributions of the 442nd for future generations.
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2007OH0796_02_Sakaida
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Date of Birth
1922 Jul 09
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Entrance into Service
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Sakaida, Seichi: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Seichi Sakaida oral history interview, part 2 of 2, August 26, 2007,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053341.