Shiro Takeshita was born in Salinas, California in 1921. During World War II, Shiro served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit for Japanese Americans, while his family was held in an internment camp in Poston, Arizona. In his 1996 interview with USC Shoah Foundation, Shiro shares his experience as a Japanese-American during and after the war. Learn more about USC Shoah Foundation: https://sfi.usc.edu/ SUBSCRIBE: null Connect with USC Shoah Foundation: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USCSFI Twitter: https://twitter.com/USCShoahFdn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uscshoahfoundation/ IWitness: http://iwitness.usc.edu/SFI/ Website: https://sfi.usc.edu/ About USC Shoah Foundation: USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education develops empathy, understanding and respect through testimony, using its Visual History Archive of more than 55,000 video testimonies, academic programs and partnerships across USC and 170 universities, and award-winning IWitness education program. USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive programming, research and materials are accessed in museums and universities, cited by government leaders and NGOs, and taught in classrooms around the world. Now in its third decade, USC Shoah Foundation reaches millions of people on six continents from its home at the University of Southern California. Copyright USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education #ShiroTakeshita #WWIIVeteran #genocidesurvivorinterview #holocaustsurvivortestimony #JapaneseAmericanRacismWWII