Jack Kawakami oral history interview, part 2 of 3, November 20, 2008

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Kawakami discusses Pearl Harbor and its aftermath. He details his experiences at Tanforan Temporary Detention Center and Topaz Concentration Camp. Kawakami also discusses being drafted, his experiences in post-war Japan, and the importance in Nisei soldiers in occupied Japan.

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video/m4v

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00:58:37

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2008OH0944_02_Kawakami

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Date of Birth

1926 Sep 30

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Citation

Kawakami, Jack: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Jack Kawakami oral history interview, part 2 of 3, November 20, 2008,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1055518.