Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Warren Michio Tsuneishi Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 306th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment, XXIV Corps
- Location of Service: Camp Savage, Minnesota; Camp Blanding, Florida; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Lewis, Washington; Schofields Barracks, Hawaii; Leyte Island (Philippines); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Korea
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Born on the Fourth of July in California, Warren Tsuneishi was the son of Japanese immigrants. After Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II, his family was evacuated to Heart Mountain, a Japanese internment facility in Wyoming. But Tsuneishi craved freedom and the chance to serve his country, in spite of his family's confinement. He volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service Language School and served in the Pacific, translating captured documents that gave U.S. forces a big advantage in securing the Philippines and Okinawa.
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PlayHis family relocated from their home. 00:03:27.0 - 00:07:10.0
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PlayVisiting Dachau as a point of comparison. 00:07:19.0 - 00:08:33.0
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PlayEvading confinement. 00:10:38.0 - 00:12:53.0
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PlayAttending Syracuse University. 00:18:59.0 - 00:21:21.0
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PlayAn American knowing that Japanese is part of his emotional makeup. 00:22:36.0 - 00:26:04.0
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PlayVolunteering for the Military Intelligence Service Language School. 00:28:15.0 - 00:37:12.0
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PlayHis brothers' involvement in the war effort. 00:40:15.0 - 00:41:38.0
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PlayDealing with the wartime image of Japanese as cruel and barbaric. 00:00:20.0 - 00:01:41.0
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PlayHis duties as a translator of captured documents. 00:03:58.0 - 00:13:31.0
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PlayThe Army's inconsistent policy of dealing with Japanese American soldiers. 00:14:37.0 - 00:16:57.0
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PlayHis split identity as a Japanese American. 00:23:42.0 - 00:32:53.0
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About this Item
Title
- Warren Michio Tsuneishi Collection
Names
- Sarah Rouse
- Rouse, Sarah
- Heckscher, Jurretta
- Library of Congress
- National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
- Tsuneishi, Warren Michio
- Susan Baker
State of Birth
- CA
Home State
- MD
Headings
- - Tsuneishi, Warren Michio
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- Veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 306th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment, XXIV Corps
- Location of Service: Camp Savage, Minnesota; Camp Blanding, Florida; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Lewis, Washington; Schofields Barracks, Hawaii; Leyte Island (Philippines); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Korea
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: Veteran
Materials
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/02/2002)
- Photograph: Digital print [4 items] -- Photograph (collected 1942 - 1943)
- Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1995 - 2003)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 01/24/1946)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 06/30/2002)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected 11/2004)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/02/2002)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/02/2002)
- Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 07/02/2002)
- Audio: DAT [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/30/2003)
- Audio: DAT [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/30/2003)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 10/10/2014)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 10/03/2014)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/2153
Cite as
- Warren Michio Tsuneishi Collection (AFC/2001/001/2153), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- online text
- image
- audio
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Camp Blanding, Florida
- Camp Savage, Minnesota
- Fort Lewis, Washington
- Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- Korea
- Leyte Island (Philippines)
- Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
- Schofields Barracks, Hawaii