China Burma India Theater (CBI)

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Inoshita, Masaji Evacuations to internment camps
[Annotators Note: Masaji Insohita served in the army as a Japanese translator and interrogator in the China-Burma-India...
Inoshita, Masaji From Okinawa to Japan
When Masaji Inoshita got to the ceremony [Annotator’s Note: a Japanese surrender ceremony in China] he found out that...
Inoshita, Masaji Japanese feelings inside the camps
Masaji Inoshita had very little contact with his parents over the course of the war. He would ask the Japanese...
Inoshita, Masaji Japanese translation in India
[Annotators Note: Masaji Insohita served in the army as a Japanese translator and interrogator in the China-Burma-India...
Inoshita, Masaji Reminiscing on the internment camp
Masaji Inoshita asked the man [Annotator’s Note: the man who helped Inoshita’s family when they were being interned]...
Inoshita, Masaji Returning to the US after the war
Masaji Inoshita asked for early retirement [Annotator’s Note: from the army]. He was told that he was needed. They were...
Brooks, Howard Segment 1
Brooks was born on 30 October of 1919 in Greeneville, Tennessee. He recalls his childhood during the Great Depression....
Sherman, Richard Segment 1
Sherman was born and raised near Toledo, Ohio. He attended school in Toledo. He was fortunate enough to take classes at...
Henderson, William Segment 1
Henderson begins the interview stating that he wouldn't be there if not for the actions of B-24 crewman.Henderson's...
McNeil, Esther Segment 1
Esther McNeil grew up on a farm in western Pennsylvania. She was the sixth of eight children.After going into nursing...
Disanza, William Segment 1
William Disanza was born on 120th Street in Manhattan and grew up in the Bronx. In 1950 he got married and moved to New...
Crump, Ralph Segment 1
Ralph Crump [Annotators Note: For the first 22:26 of this interview the interviewer and interviewee chat about family...
Cole, Richard Segment 1
Richard Cole was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1915. After graduating from high school he went to work on a farm for 75...
Brooks, Howard Segment 10
1 morning the prisoners were called out. They were usually called out every morning so the Japanese could do a head...
Disanza, William Segment 10
Any little thing William Disanza could do to help the natives he did. They loved it as well. It was American ingenuity...
Crump, Ralph Segment 10
Crump got to Panteloria and was alongside the dock. All of the German prisoners of war did the work. They were younger...
Brooks, Howard Segment 11
In the hospital they were treated very nice and given so much food that they couldn't eat it all. There was also...
Disanza, William Segment 11
When William Disanza had to urinate he would take a knife and dig a small hole to urinate in. Disanza always noted that...
Crump, Ralph Segment 11
Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer...
Brooks, Howard Segment 12
Brooks was just past 20 years old when he first entered the Navy. When he came back home it was like coming back to...
Disanza, William Segment 12
William Disanza worked in the office for Falcon Buick. His job was to be the follow up guy. He would contact the...
Crump, Ralph Segment 12
One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...
Disanza, William Segment 13
William Disanza's business lasted over 30 years. The war did not change Disanza drastically. He was in the Civilian...
Crump, Ralph Segment 13
Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...
Disanza, William Segment 14
William Disanza is not positive about everything but he thinks the Great Depression could never repeat itself. Disanza...
Brooks, Howard Segment 2
They made several convoy trips to Port Darwin on the northern coast of Australia. The Japanese moved closer to their...
Sherman, Richard Segment 2
Instead of heading into the mountains, the Chinese man took them to Canton. They spent several days in Canton. After...
Henderson, William Segment 2
Henderson flew as a tail gunner on a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber] until his last...
McNeil, Esther Segment 2
McNeil reported to Fort Belvoir [Annotator's Note: Fort Belvoir, Virginia] but that was too close to Washington D.C....
Disanza, William Segment 2
William Disanza refused an order one time. They asked them to knock off a group of Japs. They always scouted ahead to...
Crump, Ralph Segment 2
Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....
Cole, Richard Segment 2
On the trip from Pendleton to Columbia [Annotators Note: Oregon to South Carolina in December 1941] Richard Cole was...
Brooks, Howard Segment 3
On the evening of 28 February [Annotator's Note: 28 February 1942] they left the area they had been fighting in and...
Sherman, Richard Segment 3
Going overseas was quite the adventure for Sherman. Sherman stopped at numerous points throughout the war. He was a...

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