James Oura oral history interview, part 2 of 6, October 23, 2005
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Oura continues his recollection of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the subtle discriminations that he felt. After this, he decided that he would volunteer for the Army without his parents knowing. However, he was told the quota was filled, but fighting to join the Army, he eventually was given the okay to serve. After another hick-up at Schofield Barracks, he would ship out to Camp Shelby via the SS Lurline. After a few days about the ship, they would land in San Francisco and train to Mississippi, There, he would begin training with K Company and see a lot of things that he'd never seen in Hawaii, including chiggers, snakes and segregation.
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video/m4v
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0:29:40
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Spatial Coverage
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2005OH0625_02_Oura
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/625-Oura-James-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 Nov 15
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Oura, James: narrator, Sakai, Eileen: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “James Oura oral history interview, part 2 of 6, October 23, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed May 6, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051734.