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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-280-16)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-280-7)
Growing up on family farm; raising peppermint
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-280-38)
The splitting off of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-280-20)
Earning private and commercial pilot licenses
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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 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 18 (ddr-densho-1000-280-18)
Feeling like a "second-class citizen" due to Japanese ancestry
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Catherine Embree Harris Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-315-6)
Helping Japanese American students leave camp to attend college
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Catherine Embree Harris Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-315-9)
Working in Washington, D.C.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.