That whole period of that intense battle was five days, I think, but I really cannot distinguish day from night, or one day from the next, it was just one period. And so, many of my colleagues wounded, getting killed, but in spite of the fact that I saw so many casualties around me, I never had fear that I would not come back.
Date: January 3, 2015
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum