Yeiki Kobashigawa oral history interview, part 1 of 4, June 12, 2000
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Mr. Kobashigawa introduces himself and talks about his family and childhood. He grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, his father worked as a truck farmer, and Mr. Kobashigawa played baseball throughout his youth. Forced to drop out of school at a young age to help support his family, Mr. Kobashigawa was drafted into the Army before the Pearl Harbor attack. Mr. Kobashigawa goes on to describe the Pearl Harbor attack and his subsequent shipment to the mainland where he trained at Camp McCoy and Camp Shelby.
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video/m4v
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00:26:49
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Spatial Coverage
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2000OH0124_01_Kobashigawa
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/124-Kobashigawa-Yeiki-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1917 Sep 28
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Citation
Kobashigawa, Yeiki: narrator, Hashisaka, Ann: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yeiki Kobashigawa oral history interview, part 1 of 4, June 12, 2000,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 29, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1055698.