Cedrick Shimo oral history interview, March 28, 2004

Shimo discusses his family's history and his parent's personalities. Moving to Boyle Heights in Los Angeles at a young age,Shimo describes his neighborhood and talks about his time spent attending Japanese school and playing baseball. Throughout the…

Shimo discusses his life during young adulthood following his high school graduation and during his college years at UCLA and later UC Berkeley. Shimo discusses various aspects of his life around this time, including his skill in kendo and fencing,…

Shimo discusses his memories of the day of the Pearl Harbor attack while at Berkeley and his subsequent draft notice and return to Los Angeles. He recalls the short period in which his father was arrested by the FBI , his mother was forcibly removed…

Shimo discusses being kicked out of the MIS program for his "yes", "no" answers on loyalty questionnaire. While loyal to the United States, he would not serve in combat so long as the Japanese Americans were incarcerated in the American Concentration…

Shimo discusses the end of the war and his discharge from the Army. He later discusses the difficulties his parents had near the end of the war, especially his father, as he was an FBI suspect. After may hearings, his father was finally released and…

Shimo discusses his family and how he met his spouses. He later discusses bringing together many Niseis who had differing experiences during the war for a book project--Soldiers of Conscience: Japanese American Military Resisters in World War II.…