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- Name:
- Kenje Ogata
- State of Birth:
- IN
- Home State:
- IL
- Note
- Veteran's biographical form lists race/ethnicity as "Nisei / American."
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Asian
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1942-1945
- Branch of Service
- Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service
- Company B, 32nd Medical Training Battalion, Medical Corps; 726th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group, 49th Wing, 15th Air Force
- Location of Service
- Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois; Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Las Vegas, Nevada; Lincoln, Nebraska; Davis-Monthan Air Field, Tucson, Arizona; Topeka, Kansas; Foggia, Italy
- Battles/Campaigns
- Rhineland, Southern France, Rome-Arno
- Highest Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran flew as a belly turret gunner and waist gunner in a B-24 bomber. He was shot down twice.
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview
- Interviewer:
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Thomas Tegge
- Contributor:
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Thomas Tegge
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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Sauk Valley Community College-Dixon, IL
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/30983
- Subjects:
- Ogata, Kenje
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
- Cite as:
- Kenje Ogata Collection
(AFC/2001/001/30983), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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