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Box 27

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Johnny Y. Wakamatsu interview, 1999 August 31

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 677
Scope and Contents note Materials contain an interview with Johnny Y. Wakamatsu regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Wakamatsu describes joining the army before the United States entered the war. He mentions hearing about Pearl Harbor while in training camp and being put in the stockade for three weeks because he was of Japanese descent. Relates joining an all-Japanese American combat team, the 232nd engineer combat team, and being promoted to first sergeant. Describes combat in Italy and...
Dates: 1999 August 31