Hajime Mukai oral history interview, part 3 of 4, March 23, 2005

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Description

Mukai talks about items sold on the black market in Japan, living in a tea house, and assignments while in Japan, including working as an interpreter for war crime trials and being an interpreter for Hideki Tojo. He then talks about Japan and Japanese civilians; and returning back to the United States and going to business school in Minneapolis. Mukai then returned to Japan, purchased a house, and obtained a civil service position.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:28:18

Language

eng

Spatial Coverage

Hilo, Hawaii

Identifier

2005OH0554_03_Mukai

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/554-Mukai-Hajime-3.m4v

Date of Birth

1919 Aug 10

Location of Birth

Papaikou, Hawaii

War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Branch of Service

Army

Entrance into Service

Drafted

Index

Yes

Citation

Mukai, Hajime: narrator et al., “Hajime Mukai oral history interview, part 3 of 4, March 23, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051343.