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Walter Tanaka Interview Segment 4
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-densho-1004-6-4 (Legacy UID: denshovh-twalter-01-0004)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Making the decision to volunteer for the Military Intelligence Service
00:05:39 — Segment 4 of 11
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gayle k. yamada Collection
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Courtesy of gayle k. yamada, Bridge Media, Inc.
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-1004-6
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Walter Tanaka Interview
01:37:01 — 11 segments
DATE
October 20, 2000
LOCATION
Northern California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born February 19, 1918, in Watsonville, California. Drafted into the military before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service and interrogated Japanese POWs in Australia during the war. After the war, served as a linguist and interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation.
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gayle k. yamada, interviewer; Ken Zukin, videographer
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CONTRIBUTOR
gayle k. yamada Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of gayle k. yamada, Bridge Media, Inc.
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.