Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
In this Hanashi Oral History clip, MIS veteran Hideto Kono recalls his time on Iwo Jima, and the memory of how his team leader was in charge of interrogating a Captain of the Japanese Imperial Army. Though Kono himself only spoke with him briefly, he remembers this particular soldier as a gentleman, and one who even survived an attempted suicide.
In this Hanashi Oral History clip, MIS veteran Hideto Kono recalls his time on Iwo Jima, and the memory of how his team leader was in charge of interrogating a Captain of the Japanese Imperial Army. Though Kono himself only spoke with him briefly, he remembers this particular soldier as a gentleman, and one who even survived an attempted suicide.


![From the Rescue of the Lost Battalion to the fight that continues today.
As a member of the 442nd RCT, I Company, Seattle-born Victor Izui, was part of the rescue of the Lost Battalion. In this Hanashi Oral History interview clip from April 2000, Victor discusses the role of the veterans in the Japanese American redress movement and reviews the role of the younger generations to carry on the fight... and extend the gains that the [Nisei soldiers] made.
The Go For Broke National Education Centers Hanashi Oral History Collection interview was conducted in 2000. From the Rescue of the Lost Battalion to the fight that continues today.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uGG6qC3SCj4/mqdefault.jpg)







