Toshiro Hiraide oral history interview, February 23, 2003

Hiraide describe his family settling in Southern California, his early life living in the Los Angeles area and Japan. Hiraide describes his youth living in West Los Angeles, attending Japanese School, high school, and helping with his father's…

Hiraide discusses arriving at the Manzanar Concentration Camp and describes camp conditions. Soon after arriving, he was assigned a job in the welfare office and soon befriended a woman who assisted him with a job working at the War Relocation…

Hiraide discusses travel to Tokyo and Manila shortly after the end of the war. He speaks of his duties as an interrogator of Japanese POWs in the Philippines, gathering any information he could for the upcoming war crimes trials. Hiraide concludes by…

Hiraide discusses his life after returning from his time in Asia and his reunion with his family. Initially, he joined a psychological warfare division unit so he would not be recalled back overseas during the Korean War, before graduating from USC…

A brief, two minute clip of Mr. Hiraide describing the reactions Japanese POWs had when faced with a Japanese interrogator, such as himself. Includes a conclusion and final words.