Harry Fukuhara oral history interview, part 6 of 10, June 2, 2001

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Description

Harry Fukuhara talks about being stationed on Angel Island on the way to the Pacific Theater. He describes his first experience with interrogating a Japanese prisoner of war, which was during a demonstration for government officials at 6th Army Headquarters in Australia. The Military Intelligence Service Nisei soldiers had to demonstrate the importance of their mission to fellow American soldiers. During his first operation in the Pacific Theater, he and the other Japanese linguists had trouble finding Japanese prisoners of war to interrogate for information.

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Video/m4v

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00:28:00

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2001OH0182_06_Fukuhara

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URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/182-Fukuhara-Harry-6.m4v

Date of Birth

1920 Jan 01

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Citation

Fukuhara, Harry: narrator, Kawata, Ian: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Harry Fukuhara oral history interview, part 6 of 10, June 2, 2001,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/585.