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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 42
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 49
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 17
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 47
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 29
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 40
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 8
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 30
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 25
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 11
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 21
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 32
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 9
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 48
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 10
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 28
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 39
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 18
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 10
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 20
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 19
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 11
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 3
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-280-42)
Taking Dachau prisoners to neighboring homes to ask for food or clothing
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 49 (ddr-densho-1000-280-49)
Working for the Transportation Security Administration at the age of ninety-one
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-280-17)
Having to temporarily withdraw from flight school because of Japanese ancestry
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-280-47)
Memories of last flight as a pilot
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-280-29)
Hearing about the service of the 100th Battalion
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-280-40)
Encountering survivors of one of the Dachau concentration camps
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-280-8)
Learning to drive a Model T Ford at the age of nine
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-280-30)
Joining of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-280-25)
Joining the Fire Direction Center with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-280-11)
Passing of mother
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-280-21)
Becoming a commercial instrument flight instructor
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-280-32)
The devastation of Hill 140: first battle experience
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-280-9)
Description of farm procedures: processing hay
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-280-48)
Publishing memoirs: first time sharing wartime experiences
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-280-10)
Father's role as an "innovator" in farming
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-280-28)
Being shipped overseas, landing in Italy
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-280-39)
Continuing on into Germany
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-280-18)
Feeling like a "second-class citizen" due to Japanese ancestry
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-69-10)
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-69-20)
Recreational activities in Yanai, Japan
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-69-19)
Mother's expectations of marriage for her daughters
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-69-11)
Working with other students in a factory in Japan to help the war effort
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-69-3)
Attending elementary school and Japanese language school in Spokane, Washington
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-69-23)
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Hiroko Nakashima Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-69-24)
Reasons for parents remaining in Japan
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