Mitsuo Tominaga oral history interview, part 3 of 7, August 30, 1998

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Mitsuo Tominaga discusses his feeling about about being reassigned to an all Nisei unit, and their interactions with civilians while in Michigan. Next he describes his unit's time at Fort Shelby conducting weapons training, and the racial conditions in the South. Lastly he talks about getting married and then going overseas to Italy and how his assignment in an attached weapons squad prevented deep friendships from forming.

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video/m4v

Extent

0:29:25

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Spatial Coverage

Identifier

1998OH0007_03_Tominaga

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Date of Birth

1915 Dec 15

Location of Birth

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Citation

Tominaga, Mitsuo: narrator, Okura, John: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Mitsuo Tominaga oral history interview, part 3 of 7, August 30, 1998,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1056138.