Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Presented as part of the 2022 Evening of Aloha Gala Dinner program held on November 5, 2022, this video features the personal voices of nine Nisei veterans reflecting on why they wanted to serve during WWII. Each interview is among the close to 1,100 Hanashi Oral History interviews housed within GFBNEC's digital archives.
Featured in this powerful video compilation are: Ron Oba, 442nd RCT; Hideo Higa, 442nd RCT; Mary Yamada, Army Nurse Corps; Kenichi Muranaga, 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Hiroshi Arisumi, 232nd Combat Engineer Company; Kiyo Sato, Cadet Nurse Corps; Sam Sakamoto, 442nd RCT; Frank Inami, MIS; and, Harry Akune, MIS.
Presented as part of the 2022 Evening of Aloha Gala Dinner program held on November 5, 2022, this video features the personal voices of nine Nisei veterans reflecting on why they wanted to serve during WWII. Each interview is among the close to 1,100 Hanashi Oral History interviews housed within GFBNEC's digital archives.
Featured in this powerful video compilation are: Ron Oba, 442nd RCT; Hideo Higa, 442nd RCT; Mary Yamada, Army Nurse Corps; Kenichi Muranaga, 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate); Hiroshi Arisumi, 232nd Combat Engineer Company; Kiyo Sato, Cadet Nurse Corps; Sam Sakamoto, 442nd RCT; Frank Inami, MIS; and, Harry Akune, MIS.
