Isami Mike Tsuji oral history interview, part 1 of 5, September 6, 2003
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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.
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video/m4v
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0:29:26
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2003OH0332A_01_Tsuji
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/332A-Tsuji-Isami-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 Dec 31
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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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 April 20, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053374.