Oral History Interview with Warren Tsuneishi, September 18, 2005 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Warren Tsuneishi, September 18, 2005

Creator

  • Interviewee: Tsuneishi, Warren
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Metzler, Ed
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Paieda, Betty
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2005-09-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Tsuneishi. Tsuneishi was living in California when the war started and was soon evacuated to a Japanese-American detention center. He joined his family at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. He did not stay there long as he was allowed to attend Syracuse University. In 1943, he entered the Military intelligence Language School and studied Japanese to become an interpreter. He participated in the invasion of Leyte Island and worked as a translator and interpreter. Tsuneishi also went to Okinawa as a translator. Tsuneishi provides unique insight from the Japanese American perspective of his time in the Army.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (2 hr., 16 min., 58 sec.)

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
  • Keyword: Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
  • Keyword: United States. Army
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
  • Keyword: United States -- Race relations

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Warren Tsuneishi, September 18, 2005, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1604887

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH01520
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1608695
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