Yeiki Kobashigawa oral history interview, part 2 of 4, June 12, 2000
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Mr. Kobashigawa describes his arrival in Italy and talks about the action he saw throughout the Anzio Campaign. Mr. Kobashigawa was wounded in battle several times and discusses how military hospitals functioned at the time. Near the end of the video, Mr. Kobashigawa describes how he helped destroy several German machine gun nests, breaking down the German defenses, and allowing the Allied forces to march into Rome. Mr. Kobashigawa received the Distinguished Service Cross for these actions.
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video/m4v
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00:26:07
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2000OH0124_02_Kobashigawa
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/124-Kobashigawa-Yeiki-2.m4v
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1917 Sep 28
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Kobashigawa, Yeiki: narrator, Hashisaka, Ann: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yeiki Kobashigawa oral history interview, part 2 of 4, June 12, 2000,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1055699.