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Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1772)
Matsumura discusses stumbling across Dachau near the end of the war, finding and rehabilitating concentration camp survivors in Waakirchen, pursuing the German military towards Berchtesgaden and then Berlin, Germany surrendering, the end of the war, and leaving the military. Interview starts at 0:50. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II …
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Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-134)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen. Here they try to find the prisoners shelter.
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Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-138)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen.
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George Oiye building a fire for survivors of the Dachau death march. (ddr-densho-22-135)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen.
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522nd soldiers with captured German soldiers (ddr-densho-22-107)
522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers collecting the belongings of German Waffen-SS soldiers.
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Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-136)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen. George Oiye on the left.
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Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-139)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen.
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Survivors of the Dachau death march (ddr-densho-22-137)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated Dachau death march prisoners near the town of Waakirchen.