Title
Mike Yoshio Kubota oral history interview, part 2 of 6, January 26, 2003
Description
Kubota discusses harvesting pineapples and working at a bakery after high school graduation. On December 7, 1941 Kubota is teaching Sunday School when Pearl Harbor is bombed. He recalls the black armbands and combat troop recruitment. Kubota passes the physical exam and is sent to Schofield Barracks for three weeks before going to the Mainland. 10,500 volunteered from Hawaii to join the service. to fight in the war. Kubota recalls the the interaction between Mainland boys and Hawaiian boys in basic training. On the mainland, Kubota goes to Camp Shelby and is in L Company as a rifleman. Also Kubota experiences segregation on the mainland.