Isami Mike Tsuji oral history interview, part 1 of 5, September 6, 2003

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Description

Tsuji begins the interview discussing a big fight that occurred between the caucasian and Nisei soldiers while at Newport News and how the military police had to get involved in order to break up the fighting. Next, he talks about spending a week in Naples after arriving overseas, talking with civilians and exploring different areas. After this, he talks about his first day of combat, digging trenches and given an order to go and check out a house just up the hill. Luckily, he found that the house was abandoned, and they would find German paraphernalia laying around, showing a quick retreat.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:29:26

Language

eng

Identifier

2003OH0332A_01_Tsuji

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/332A-Tsuji-Isami-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1923 Dec 31

Location of Birth

Honolulu, Hawaii

War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Branch of Service

Army

Entrance into Service

Volunteered

Location of Basic Training

Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Index

Yes

Citation

Tsuji, Isami Mike: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Isami Mike Tsuji oral history interview, part 1 of 5, September 6, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053374.