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Jimmy Doi and Michael John Doi oral history interview, March 7, 2007
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Jimmy Doi and Michael John Doi oral history interview, part 1 of 2, March 7, 2007
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Doi, Jimmy: narrator
Doi, Michael John: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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eng
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2007-03-07
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0750_01_Doi
2007OH0750A_01_Doi
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Michael and Jimmy Doi’s parents are from Yokohama, Japan. After eloping, they went to Oxnard, CA. In Oxnard, Michael and Jimmy's father was a farmer, and their mother was a housewife. There were four sons (Dick, Sam, Michael, and Jimmy) and one daughter (Mat).
In 1939, their parents returned to Japan and moved back to Chicago, IL, after the war for a few years. Michael and Jimmy's parents decided to settle back in Japan because all their friends were there. Michael and Jimmy describe their parents as gentle and caring.
Although their parents were Buddhist, the children were raised as Christian. A traditional holiday celebrated in the house was New Year. The children were taught well and grew up to be good citizens.
Michael and Jimmy discuss their school years and participating in sports. At home Michael and Jimmy help with house chores or farm work. Their oldest brother had two produce stores, and Michael helped. Michael and Jimmy recall December 7 and the aftermath that followed.
Jimmy recollects his Sunday School Teacher saying he was American. The following day, Jimmy's friends treated him differently at lunchtime, and he ate lunch alone. Although some people treated the Japanese Americans as an outcast, the Oxnard community treated the Japanese Americans well.
Almost a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Michael was drafted. He went to San Pedro, Camp MacArthur, before going to Rockford, IL. The Japanese American soldiers were assigned to the Medical Training Center, where Michael trained to be a medic and worked in a hospital as an attendant.
Later, Michael went to Camp Blanding, Florida, to be a replacement for the 442nd. Michael transitioned from being a medic to an infantryman. After completing training, he went overseas to be a replacement for the 100th and 442nd.
100th
442nd
4C classification
Barracks
Buddhism
Camp Blanding
Child rearing
childhood activities
childhood home
Christianity
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
employment
enemy alien
evacuation
farm
farm labor
friends
Gila River
Hiroshima
infantryman
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
living conditions
medic
movie
music
New Year
overseas
Oxnard
Pearl Harbor
replacement
school
siblings
sports
Tulare
World War Two
Yokohama
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Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura oral history interview, July 24, 2004
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Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura oral history interview, part 2 of 5, July 24, 2004
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Miyamura, Hiroshi "Hershey"; narrator
Yamazaki, Christine; interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center; publisher
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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eng
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2004-07-24
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0471_02_Miyamura
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During wartime, Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura worked at the Ford Agency and was the youngest mechanic at 17 years old. He recalls December 7, 1941, and hearing the news when he went duck hunting. Hershey was shocked and felt uncertain about the future for Japanese Americans.
The community of Gallup after the Pearl Harbor attack did not blame the Japanese Americans for the bombing. Shortly after December 7, law enforcement came to Hershey's home and confiscated the radio and camera. Some of the men in Gallup tried to volunteer but were labeled 4C "enemy alien." They had to wait to receive a draft notice to serve in the Army.
In January 1944, Hershey was drafted into the Army. Hershey tried to volunteer a year earlier but was not accepted. After getting the draft notice, Hershey reported to Camp Blanding, Florida, and Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for training.
Hershey discusses the relationship between the Hawaiian soldiers and the Mainland soldiers. Hershey made friends easily and got along with the Hawaiian soldiers.
When the 442nd replacement was leaving for overseas, seven soldiers and Hershey stayed behind due to their age. Then Hershey was assigned to the 100th Battalion, D Company, the heavy weapons company. Hershey then took 13 weeks of heavy weapons basic training.
Later, Hershey was attached to the 171st Separate Battalion. After arriving in Naples, Italy, Hershey learned the war ended in Europe. Hershey was assigned to guard the POWs and military and medical supplies.
Hershey spent most of his time in Italy except when he went on furlough to Switzerland. When Hershey returned to the mainland, there were festivities welcoming home the soldiers. Hershey reported to Fort Meade for his discharge, but he reenlisted for the Army Reserve for three years.
100th Infantry Battalion
171st Infantry Battalion
4C classification
basic training
Camp Blanding
Camp Shelby
civilians
D Company
December 7th
draft notice
enemy alien
European Theater
FBI
food shortages
furlough
guard duty
Hawaiian soldiers
heavy weapons company
homecoming
hospital
internment camp
Italy
Japanese American soldiers
Korean War
Naples
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Presidential Unit Citation
Prisoners of War (POWs)
radio
reenlistment.
souvenirs
Switzerland
World War Two
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Enoch Kanaya oral history interview, June 25, 2006
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925-03-15
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Enoch Kanaya oral history interview, part 1 of 3, June 25, 2006
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Kanaya, Enoch; narrator
Yamagami, Don; interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center; publisher
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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2006-06-25
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2006OH0684_01_Kanaya
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Enoch Kanaya was born March 14, 1925. His parents are from Okayama-ken, Japan, and immigrated to the United States. Enoch's parents were hard-working and loving parents. When the Great Depression happened, farming became difficult, and the Kanaya family moved to the city. Enoch remembers taking care of the horses and saving his earnings.
At school, there were not many Japanese American students. The first part of Enoch’s school years was at a country school. After moving to the city, he attended a city school district. Enoch also attends Japanese Language School briefly. On the weekends, Enoch helped his father at the family store.
Besides school and helping his father, Enoch had a carefree childhood enjoying cowboy movies and watching sports games. He describes having fun exploring different Naval ships during Navy Week in Portland. Moreover, Enoch was social in the Japanese Community through the Medothist Church.
On December 7, Enoch’s life changed like many other Japanese Americans. Soon after the Declaration of War, restrictions were issued for a curfew and turned in weapons and radios. Enoch was unsure of the future. In April 1942, Enoch and his family arrived at the Assembly Center. Enoch recalls hearing news about the draft and receiving his 4C card from the Draft Board in Minidoka.
4C classification
Army
assembly center
childhood activities
childhood employment
church
country
cowboy
Curfew
December 7th
Draft
enemy alien
evacuation
family
Farming
farming community
friends
Great Depression
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American community
Japanese language school
methodist
Minidoka
movie
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
Portland
primary school
radio
restrictions
school
Social activities
sports
World War Two
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Henry Gary Shiota oral history interview, January 31, 1999
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Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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1999OH0042_Shiota
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Henry Gary Shiota oral history interview, part 1 of 6, January 31, 1999
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Shiota, Henry Gary: narrator
Kawata, Ian: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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1999OH0042_01_Shiota
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Henry Gary Shiota is born January 6, 1926, in Huntington Beach, CA. Gary shares how he gets his name and how popular the name Henry is.
In January of 1932, Gary's mother takes the children to Japan to plan their future arrangements with the family elders. Gary describes Japanese customs and how some of his siblings were raised in Japan by relatives. Gary and his older brother return to the United States and grows up in Lodi, CA, a farming community.
Gary discusses his school years from elementary school to high school. In his free time, he likes playing baseball and watching movies. On Sundays, Gary attends Buddhist Church and Sunday School.
When Pearl Harbor is attacked, Gary recalls the aftermath of the evacuation. As an American citizen, he never imagined he would be evacuated to camp.
baseball
Buddhism
Buddhist church
childhood activities
December 7th
discrimination
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm labor
farming community
Hakujin
high school
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese community
Japanese cultural values
movies
Pearl Harbor
primary school
seasick
siblings
Social activities
travel (leisure)
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Taira Fukushima oral history interview, August 11, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Feb 08
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Douglas, Utah
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Champagne Campaign
Post-war Occupation of Germany
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Taira Fukushima oral history interview, part 2 of 3, August 11, 2008
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Fukushima, Taira: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0902_02_Fukushima
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Taira Fukushima discusses the importance of family. For example, when he is a student, he gets a paper route job, and with the money earned, he shares it with the family. In the 1930s, there was a notion that tuberculosis was hereditary. By getting the shots you keep the family intact.
As a youth, Taira is aware of world events from the LA Times. He reads about land leasing and the war overseas. However, Taira thinks poverty is more important news in those days. On December 7, Taira is playing football with the Japanese American kids. He recalls Charlie Chaplin is filming the movie The Great Dictator across the street.
The following day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Taira goes to school on the bus. The school has an assembly and shows support for the Japanese Americans. He discusses the treatment after December 7, and he does not realize the severity of the situation until the evacuation.
Besides evacuation, there are curfew hours. Taira says he only goes to school and straight comes home. Moreover, He recalls neighbors coming and taking the plants from the front yard and asking low prices for their belongings.
Taira believes his family is the first to go to camp because his relatives volunteer to help build Manzanar. Taira's brother loses his job after Pearl Harbor and decides to help with the construction of Manzanar.
Taira describes the living condition at Manzanar. Briefly, He leaves camp to work on a farm in Idaho and attends Idaho Falls High School. However, working and going to school is tough. He returns to Manzanar and finishes high school in the camp. He studies journalism and is the senior editor.
In camp, Taira answers the loyalty questionnaire and explains the different possibilities of answering the questionnaire. In 1944, he is drafted into the Army with his brother Jim. Taira and Jim, go to Fort Douglas, and the other Nisei go to Camp Blanding or Camp Hood.
Camp Hood is for the anti-tank unit. However, Taira is a rife replacement for the 442nd. Taira is assigned to Company A 140th Battalion, and their unit is known as the Flying A. He describes life in basic training. His training is cut from 18 weeks to 16 weeks due to the Battle of Bulge.
442nd
Barracks
basic training
Camp Blanding
Camp Hood
childhood activities
civil rights
Company A
Curfew
December 7th
delivery boy
discrimination
Draft
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
football
Fort Douglas
guard towers
guards
high school
Idaho
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese values
journalism
living conditions
Los Angeles
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Manzanar
movies
newspapers
newsreels
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
prejudice
privacy
siblings
Utah
World War Two
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Ray Mayeda oral history interview, January 7, 2010
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Oct 18
Location of Birth
Coronado, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Teru
Kuni
Location of Basic Training
Camp Lee, Virginia
Presidio of Monterey, California
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Ray Mayeda oral history interview, part 4 of 4, January 7, 2010
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Mayeda, Ray: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2010OH0988_04_Mayeda
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After the passing of Ray Mayeda's mother, Ray's father sent his two sisters and younger brother to live in Japan with their grandmother. Later, Ray's father and Ray went to live in Japan too. After living in Japan for a few years, in 1939, Ray returned to the United States.
Ray attended Coronado High School and got good grades. He credits his education in Japan for doing well in high school. In addition to Ray's academic studies, he was elected student body treasurer and ran track. Ray was popular with his peers and had many friends.
On December 7, 1941, Ray's life changed when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Many of Ray's friends treated him differently at school, and Ray was forcibly removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center and then to Poston, AZ.
Ray relocated alone because his father was in Crystal City, Texas, and his older brother volunteered for the Army in 1942. Life in the camp was tough, and Ray had to care for himself.
Ray graduated from high school in the camp and left Poston to work in Chicago, IL. Soon after, he found a better job working as a bookkeeper. Ray saved enough money to attend the University of Minnesota, and when his finances ran low, he volunteered for the Army.
Ray started his career as an auditor working in Japan at the Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD) during the occupation. Next, he was a translator in Tokyo civil service and Okinawa civil service. Ray's second time in Japan was with the Air Force Audit Agency and working around Asia. When Ray retired, Northrop offered him a job and traveled to Korea, Saudi Arabia, and various states in the United States for auditing.
In Ray's retirement years, he enjoys playing golf and going on cruises. Ray has been married to the love of his life for 57 years and has three children and three grandchildren. Ray hopes his grandchildren have a good education and a job they enjoy. For the future of America, he hopes there are no more wars.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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eng
Air Force
barbed wires
Barracks
career
childhood
children
CIC
Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD)
Community leaders
Crystal City
December 7th
evacuate
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farm
Farming
FBI
friends
graduation
grandchildren
guard
Hakujin
high school
Higher education
home life
horse stables
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
Nisei
Nisei veterans
occupation
Pearl Harbor
Poston
retirement
Santa Ana Race Track
siblings
travel
volunteer
wife
work
World War Two
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Chiye Watanabe oral history interview, December 20, 2008
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Chiye Watanabe oral history interview, part 2 of 5, December 20, 2008
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Watanabe, Chiye: narrator
Hayashi, Henry: narrator
Nakawatase, Seiichi: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0956_02_Watanabe
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Chiye (Hayashi) Watanabe, Seiichi Nakawatase, and Henry Hayashi recall celebrating New Year during their childhood. The families would get together and make mochi. New Year is like a social event.
Another social event is movies at the Japanese Community Center or going to the movie theater. The churches also have social events for the Japanese American Communities.
During their school years, they did not recall hearing much about world events. They remember Joe is a good student and he enjoys repairing things. Chiye shares how Joe signs up for the Army.
Chiye and Seichi recall Pearl Harbor and December 7.
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Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
Army
basic training
childhood activities
correspondence
Curfew
December 7th
Draft
elementary school
family
farm labor
Farming
friends
guards
high school
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Japanese values
Junior High School
living conditions
mochi
movies
New Year
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
overseas
Pasadena
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
photographs
radio
Salinas
siblings
Social activities
sports
takuan
wedding
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Frank Hiratsuka oral history interview, November 21, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Jul 16
Location of Birth
Aliso, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp Maxey, Texas
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Frank Hiratsuka oral history interview, part 2 of 3, November 21, 2008
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Hiratsuka, Frank: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0948_02_Hiratsuka
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Frank Hiratsuka is a junior in High School when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7. Frank and his parents move to Ridley, a safe zone termed by the government.
In Ridley, Frank and his parents work on a peach farm until they receive evacuation orders. Previously, Frank grows up with mainly Caucasian people. After moving to Ridley, a farming community, and Poston, Frank discusses the culture shock.
Frank and his parents go to Poston, Camp 3, and he recounts the living conditions. At Poston, Frank continues his education, and his parents find jobs within the camp. Frank recalls his mother's family are relocated to Gila River.
In June of 1943, Frank and his parents leave Poston. Frank finishes high School and gets a job analyzing paint. In January of 1945, Frank receives his draft notice and starts his military career.
100th
442nd
band
Barracks
basic training
Blackouts
Camp Maxey
cousin
culture shock
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
education
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
farming community
Fort Snelling
friends
Gila River
grandparents
Hawaiian soldiers
high school
Issei
Japanese American
Japanese values
Mainland soldiers
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
morals
Nisei
Nisei legacy
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Poston
Sansei
train ride
World War Two
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Frank Hiratsuka oral history interview, November 21, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Jul 16
Location of Birth
Aliso, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp Maxey, Texas
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Frank Hiratsuka oral history interview, part 1 of 3, November 21, 2008
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Hiratsuka, Frank: narrator
Yuge, Tim: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0948_01_Hiratsuka
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An account of the resource
Frank Hiratsuka is born July 16, 1926, in Aliso, CA. In the late 1800's Frank's grandparents immigrate to the United States and have eight children.
Frank's grandfather is a farmer, and Frank's father briefly works on the farm until he gets another job. Both Frank's parents work in private homes and live at the employer's home. Frank's parents are hard-working and work six days a week.
During the Great Depression, Frank says life is not difficult because his parents have a stable job. Although his parents are always working, they do have time off to spend with family and friends. Frank says New Year is a festive holiday with Japanese food and family.
At school, Frank's favorite subjects are art and music. He plays numerous instruments from the violin, saxophone to the clarinet. He recalls performing at the World Fair with his school band.
Frank's childhood activities consist of games, marbles, movies, and listening to adventure shows on the radio.
On December 7, Frank remembers listening to the radio and hearing the news broadcast about Pearl Harbor. Frank and his parents and the bus driver from the Japanese School decide to go to Ridley (the safe zone).
childhood activities
December 7th
employment
family
fishing
friends
Great Depression
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese language school
kendo
meals
movies
music
New Year
news
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
radio
Sansei
school activities
sports
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James Fujii oral history interview, September 10, 2008
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 May 28
Location of Birth
Troutdale, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Portland Temporary Detention Facility
Nyssa Farm Labor Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Jim
Location of Basic Training
Camp Wolters, Texas
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Germany
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James Fujii oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 10, 2008
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Fujii, James: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2008OH0933_02_Fujii
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James Fujii grows up in a rural area. After the war, the community doubled in size. James felt everyone got along after they knew one another. In his opinion, the Japanese American community did not rebel against racism after the war. They are happy to start their lives over again. He discusses the racism and prejudices the Japanese Americans and African Americans faced.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, James was a sophomore in high school. He recalls evacuation and going to the Portland Stockyards. Later the family volunteers to work on a farm in Nyssa, OR, pulling sugar beets.
In Nyssa, James was on a boxing team in high school, and he also played baseball. James's boxing class was 120, and his record was five draws and five wins (within two years).
The Farming Servicing Administration (FSA) ran the tent camp in Nyssa. James recalls the housing was awful. However, his mother took the responsibility of cooking the meals and making the tent space livable for the family. The Fujii family lived at the tent camp for two years, and James recalled the winter months being cold.
At Nyssa, there were many people from Troutdale and Gresham area. Ten miles away from Nyssa, there was a CCC camp. The families from Nyssa were supposed to move there in the third year. However, the war ended. The CCC camp was an upgrade from Nyssa's tent camp.
While the Fujii family was at Nyssa, James' brother, Kazuo, went into service and visited the family on furlough. James recalls that wartime changed Kazuo's personality.
childhood activities
Curfew
December 7th
discrimination
evacuation
farm
Farming
Gresham
high school
internment camp
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American community
living conditions
Nisei
Oregon
overseas
Pearl Harbor
post war
prejudices
primary school
Racism
Rural communities
siblings
sports
Sugar beets
volunteers
youth organizations
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Coolidge Wakai oral history interview, December 8, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Dec 02
Location of Birth
Kapaa, (Kauai) Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Cool
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Coolidge Wakai oral history interview, part 1 of 2, December 8, 2007
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Yee, T.: interviewer
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2007OH0844_01_Wakai
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Dr. Coolidge Shiro Wakai was part of the 100th Company B. He was born December 2, 1925, in Kappa, Kauai, Hawaii. Coolidge's father was a missionary for Japanese Immigrants and established the first Christian church in Kappa, Kauai. Coolidge has six brothers and a sister.
After Coolidge's father passed away, the family moved to Honolulu. His mother worked hard to support the family. At age fifteen, Coolidge went to the mainland for higher education. He settled in California and found a job as a houseboy. Coolidge attended Berkeley High School.
On December 7, Coolidge attended church and learned the news when he went home. Coolidge did not feel any discrimination when he moved to the mainland. His employer and classmates at high school treated him fairly. The following day after Pearl Harbor, Coolidge went to school. He continued to focus on his educational goals.
When Executive Order 9066 was signed, Coolidge and his brother reported to Tanforan. After three to fourth months in Tanforan, Coolidge was sponsored to leave the camp to go to New York. In 1944 Coolidge graduated high school in New York and applied for college. He attended Grinnell College in Iowa with financial assistance from scholarships and a family from Kauai. After his first year of college, Coolidge was drafted into the military.
Coolidge was inducted at Fort Sheridan and shipped to Camp Blanding, Florida. During basic training, Coolidge made many friends and had a good relationship with everyone.
Overseas, he was assigned to Company B, 3rd Platoon. Coolidge's first battle was in the mountains near Carrara, Italy. After Coolidge's first battle in Italy, he kept moving up the mountains above Leghorn. Coolidge recalls not showering for one month.
Coolidge recalls climbing Po Valley with his gear. Besides climbing the rigorous terrain, food was scarce. Later, the 100th and 442nd were called to France for the Gothic Line because the military needed the left flank to be covered. Coolidge was attached to the 92nd Division.
When the war ended, Coolidge was in the mountains. There were no roads in the mountains. Therefore, airplanes dropped down the rations for them. Being overseas, Coolidge missed hot cook meals. He was living off of C rations and K rations.
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442nd
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92nd division
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basic training
Camp Blanding
Carrara
church
climbing
college
correspondence
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
employment
European Theater
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Fort Sheridan
German weaponry
Gothic Line
guard towers
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
high school
Higher education
horse stables
houseboy
induction
Issei parents
Italy
Japan
Japanese American soldiers
Kauai
living conditions
Mainland soldiers
meals
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Mount Fogarito
New York
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Po Valley
rations
replacement
rifleman
school
segregation
showers
shrapnels
siblings
Tanforan
Topaz
World War Two
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Mar 03
Incarceration Facilities
Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility
Topaz Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 4, October 15, 2007
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Miyasaki, Minoru: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
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2007OH0817_01_Miyasaki
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Minoru "Minor" Miyasaki was born March 18, 1925. Minoru's father immigrated from Japan to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantation. Later, he moved to California to sharecrop strawberries and vegetables. Minoru lost his mother at an early age, and his father raised the children alone.
Minoru and his siblings helped their father on the farm before and after school. Minoru attended Warm Springs Grammar School and then Washington High School. In addition to attending primary school, he attended Japanese Language School.
When the Miyasaki family was not farming, they would travel around the Bay Area to visit relatives, do Japanese grocery shopping, celebrate festivals, and saw Japanese films.
On December 7, Minoru was at home when he heard the news about Pearl Harbor on the radio. The following day at school, all the Japanese American students were sent home from school and were told to stay home until the war ended. Later, the government issued restrictions such as blackouts, curfew, and travel restrictions.
In pre-war times, Minoru recalled discrimination. His father could not vote and own land. Also, Asians were not allowed to swim in public swimming pools or live in certain neighborhoods. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Minoru and his family evacuated to Tanofran and Topaz, Utah. Minoru graduated High school in Topaz.
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December 7th
discrimination
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enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm
farming community
friends
garden
graduation
high school
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japan Town
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Japanese language school teacher
Japanese movies
Korean War
landownership
living conditions
methodist
money
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
primary school
Racism
radio
restrictions
San Francisco
San Jose
sharecropping
strawberries
swimming pool
Tanforan
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travel
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Yoshiro Tokiwa oral history interview, October 14, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Apr 29
Location of Birth
Pismo, California
Incarceration Facilities
Salinas Temporary Detention Facility
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Yoshiro Tokiwa oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 14, 2007
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2007OH0815_01_Tokiwa
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Yoshiro "Yosh" Tokiwa is born on April 29, 1925, in Pismo, California. Yoshiro's Issei parents are from Japan. In Salinas, CA, his father is an independent farmer. Yoshiro has four siblings, three brothers, and a sister.
Growing up in Salinas, Yoshiro says he is not subjected to discrimination. However, he remembers not being allowed to swim in the public community swimming pool. Although there is no visible signage, Yoshiro says you just know not to go there because of other people's experiences. Later Yoshiro learns how to swim when he goes to Poston.
Yoshiro grows up in different cities in Salinas County. He describes his childhood homes. Yoshiro also discusses his school years from Elementary School to High School. Besides attending primary school, Yoshiro goes to Japanese Language School. At home, he speaks primarily Japanese to his parents.
The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Yoshiro learns about the news from his father's friends. He discusses the effects of Pearl Harbor on the Japanese American Community.
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childhood employment
December 7th
farmer
Farming
farming community
Great Depression
high school
high schoool
hobbies
immigration
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese language
Japanese Language s
meals
newspapers
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
primary school
relatives
Salinas
school district
siblings
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Ray Wells and Julian Quayles oral history interview, September 8, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 May 05
Location of Birth
Eagle, Colorado
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Unit of Service
141st Infantry Regiment
Campaigns/Battles
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Ray Wells oral history interview, part 2 of 4, September 8, 2007
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Quayles, Julian: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2007OH0800_02_Wells
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Ray Wells's interview is combined with Julian Quayles
Julian Quayles joins the National Guards during his sophomore year in college. He is a part of Company B, 124th Infantry, 31st Division. Julian does his training at Camp Blanding. He describes the living conditions and training.
When Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, both Julian and Ray Wells are called to active duty. When Julian and Ray go overseas, they first arrive in Oran, Africa. They share stories of American soldiers being attacked in Africa.
After Africa, Julian and Ray travel to Italy. Ray's first battle is at Mount Rotondo. Julian his capture captured by German soldiers in the town of Persano.
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video/m4v
141st Texas Infantry Battalion
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Africa
Anzio beach
artillery
artillery fire
battle
booby trap
Camp Blanding
Camp Edwards
candy
captured
Casablanca
college
colonel
commander
commanding officers
Company B
company commanders
December 7th
El Paso
employment
European Theater
farmers
field
Fort McClellan
France
friendly fire
German soldiers
German tanks
Italian civilians
Italy
Japan
Killed in Action (KIA)
Lieutenant
living conditions
machine gun
machine gunner
maneuvers
marching
mines
mortar
Naples
National Guards
Oran
overseas
Pearl Harbor
platoon leader
Prisoners of War (POWs)
replacement soldiers
replacements
rifle
Roosevelt
Salerno
shrapnels
souvenirs
squad
squad members
Texans
training
travel
troops
weapons
weapons training
World War Two
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Ray Wells and Julian Quayles oral history interview, September 8, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1917 Jan 15
Location of Birth
Staunton, Virginia
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Unit of Service
141st Infantry Regiment
Campaigns/Battles
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Julian Quayles oral history interview, part 2 of 4, September 8, 2007
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Quayles, Julian: narrator
Wells, Ray: narrator
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2007OH0801M_02_Quayles
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Julian Quayles' interview is combined with Ray Wells.
Julian Quayles joins the National Guards during his sophomore year in college. He is a part of Company B, 124th Infantry, 31st Division. Julian does his training at Camp Blanding. He describes the living conditions and training.
When Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, both Julian and Ray Wells are called to active duty. When Julian and Ray go overseas, they first arrive in Oran, Africa. They share stories of American soldiers being attacked in Africa.
After Africa, Julian and Ray travel to Italy. Ray's first battle is at Mount Rotondo. Julian his capture captured by German soldiers in the town of Persano.
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
141st Texas Infantry Battalion
active duty
Africa
Anzio beach
artillery
artillery fire
battle
booby trap
Camp Blanding
Camp Edwards
candy
captured
Casablanca
college
colonel
commander
commanding officers
Company B
company commanders
December 7th
El Paso
employment
European Theater
farmers
field
Fort McClellan
France
friendly fire
German soldiers
German tanks
Italian civilians
Italy
Killed in Action (KIA)
living conditions
machine gun
machine gunner
maneuvers
marching
mines
mortar
Naples
National Guards
Oran
overseas
Pearl Harbor
platoon leader
Prisoners of War (POWs)
replacement soldiers
replacements
rifle
Roosevelt
Salerno
shrapnels
souvenirs
squad
squad members
Texans
training
travel
troops
weapons
weapons training
World War Two
wounded in action (WIA)
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Seichi Sakaida oral history interview, August 26, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jul 09
Location of Birth
Ookala, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Seichi Sakaida oral history interview, part 1 of 2, August 26, 2007
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Sakaida, Seichi: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2007OH0796_01_Sakaida
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Seichi Sakaida serves with the 442nd in K Company. He is born July 9, 1922, in Ookala, HI. At a young age, his family moves to Molokai, and he grows up on the plantations. Seichi's parents are from Yamaguchi Kan prefecture in Japan and his mother is a picture bride. There are five children in the family including Seichi.
Seichi describes growing up on a plantation in Molokai and being near a Leper Colony. Seichi attends Molokai Elementary School, Molokai Intermediate School, and Molokai High School. Throughout his school years, he participates in sports and the plantation league.
After graduating High School, he works on the plantation at the auto repair shop. He recalls December 7, and the restrictions that are in effect after the Pearl Harbor attack. Seichi volunteers for the military. When he passes his physical he is sent to Schofield barracks.
Seichi goes overseas to the Mainland for basic training at Camp Shelby. Seichi discusses his basic training experience and segregation in Mississippi.
442nd
basic training
Blackouts
Buddhism
Butsudan
Camp Shelby
December 7th
discrimination
employment
family
friends
friendship
Hawaii
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese values
K Company
living conditions
New Year
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
picture bride
prejudices
primary school
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
segregation
siblings
sports
volunteering
youth organizations
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Paul Bannai oral history interview, September 15, 2002
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Jul 04
Location of Birth
Delta, Colorado
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Leyte Campaign
New Guinea Campaign
Australia (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Paul Bannai oral history interview, part 3 of 8, September 15, 2002
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Bannai, Paul: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
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2002OH0307_03_Bannai
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When Paul Takao Bannai hears the news of Pearl Harbor on December 7, his reaction is to help and defend the United States. Paul's parents support him and encourage him to defend America. By joining the 442nd and serving with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), Paul shows his patriotism and loyalty to the United States.
After training, Paul goes overseas. In New Guinea, Paul and fifteen Nisei MP and set up a POW camp. His job is to interview the POWs. The next step for General MacArthur is to set up the next landing spot in the Philippines.
General MacArthur's next landing is Leyte Islands. Paul and the MP set up the POW camp for interrogation. Paul recalls the capture of a Japanese sergeant, and he gives the locations of the cannons fired at night. Besides the POWs intel, Paul's team gets the radio signal of the Japanese soldiers and hears their conversations. Paul recalls the Japanese Navy attack and saving the Japanese soldiers from the ship.
Later, Paul receives orders to go to Australia and join the Australian Army unit for translation. Paul and the Australian Army travel to Borneo because there are still many Japanese troops in that area. Paul remembers a case of interrogating a Japanese soldier in the hospital who is a Nisei drafted into the Japanese Army.
In Borneo, there are snipers, and Paul is assigned guards for protection. One of Paul's guards is shot by a sniper, and he tries to save him. Paul is awarded a medal from the Australian government. However, that medal is only awarded to Australian soldiers, and Paul returns the medal.
Paul stays in Borneo to assist with the surrendering ceremonies. After the surrender ceremonies, Paul goes to Manila, Philippines, but his unit leaves for Tokyo, Japan. Before going to Tokyo, Paul flies to Okinawa with other soldiers to help them with trade translations. In Tokyo, Paul learns he is promoted to second lieutenant if he serves during the occupation forces. However, Paul turns down his commission. Paul recalls visiting Kyoto to visit relatives.
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December 7th
General MacArthur
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Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
Japanese soldiers
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Kyoto
Manila
Manzanar
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
New Guinea
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
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Paul Bannai oral history interview, September 15, 2002
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Jul 04
Location of Birth
Delta, Colorado
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Leyte Campaign
New Guinea Campaign
Australia (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Paul Bannai oral history interview, part 2 of 8, September 15, 2002
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Bannai, Paul: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
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2002OH0307_02_Bannai
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During Paul Takao Bannai's school years in Utah, and Colorado there are no Japanese American students. Paul's friends are mainly white. When he moves to Los Angeles, CA, his friends are more diverse, and he meets other Japanese Americans. Paul becomes more interested in his culture and is active in the Japanese American community.
After graduating high school, Paul applies to several banks. Paul says where he goes, he wants to help people. He learns from his parents to be kind and help others. Therefore, Paul talks to California Bank to open a branch in Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles. There are many Japanese American-run businesses in Little Tokyo. Moreover, Paul helps coordinate a banking system in Manzanar.
In addition, Paul works with the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and writes many letters. Paul feels it is wrong for the United States Military to deny American citizens the right to serve in the United States Army. As a result, the government relinquishes its position and allows Japanese Americans to volunteer in the military. The government realizes the need Japanese speaking people in the military during the Alaskan Campaign. Over 5,000 Japanese Americans served during the Pacific.
When Paul goes into service, his parents put a star in the window. His parents are proud that Paul is serving in the military. Paul is the last one to evacuate to Manzanar and considers defying evacuation orders. Paul discusses three courts involving Japanese Americans and evacuation.
At Camp Shelby, Paul recalls the relationship between the mainland soldiers and the Hawaiian soldiers. Later, Paul goes to Camp Savage for the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Paul is not as fluent in the Japanese language. He studies harder to catch up with his classmates.
After completing training, Paul goes to Michigan to teach the Military Police (MP) elementary Japanese. When he arrives in Michigan, the MPs are needed overseas for the Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs). Paul goes to New Guinea with the MPs.
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442nd
4C classification
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Camp Savage
Camp Shelby
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December 7th
European Theater
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Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
Japanese American
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese language
Japanese soldiers
Jerome
John Aiso
Katonk
Kiska
letters
Manzanar
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Military Intelligence Service Language School
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor
Prisoners of War (POWs)
reparations
Rohwer Concentration Camp
school
social dance
USO
volunteers
World War Two
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Paul Bannai oral history interview, September 15, 2002
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/307-Bannai-Paul-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Jul 04
Location of Birth
Delta, Colorado
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Leyte Campaign
New Guinea Campaign
Australia (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Paul Bannai oral history interview, part 1 of 8, September 15, 2002
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Bannai, Paul: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
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2002OH0307_01_Bannai
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Paul Takeo Bannai is born July 4, 1920, in Delta, Colorado. Paul explains the meaning of this name. Paul grows up in Utah and Colorado before moving to Boyle Heights, CA.
On December 7, Paul hears about the Pearl Harbor attack, and he reports to the Elective Service Board in Exposition Park. Before December 7, Japanese Americans are classified as 1A. However, after Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans are classified 4C.
Due to the 4C classification, Japanese Americans cannot serve. Paul and a few others from the Japanese American Citizen League (JACL) write a letter expressing their rights as citizens. As a result, the Japanese American classification is changed, and Paul volunteers for the military.
When evacuation orders are announced, Paul's family goes to Manzanar first. Paul delays his evacuation to continue his work at the bank. Later, Paul joins his family at Manzanar briefly before going to Idaho for farming. Through the Quaker's Program, Paul applies for college and goes to Drake University, IA.
442nd
4C classification
Boyle Heights
Camp Shelby
citizenship
community organizations
correspondence
December 7th
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
friend
grammar school
high school
Higher education
induction center
Iowa
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese American National Museum
job
Killed in Action (KIA)
Little Tokyo
Manzanar
Nisei
reunions
segregated unit
siblings
volunteering
World War Two
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Frank Tadao Matsuda oral history interview, August 25, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jan 09
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Joker
Mac
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Belvedere
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Frank Tadao Matsuda oral history interview, part 1 of 3, August 25, 2007
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Matsuda, Frank Tadao: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2007OH0793_01_Matsuda
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Frank Tadao Matsuda is born on January 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. His father, Saiki Frank Matsuda, and mother, Masae Miyoshi, are from Japan. Frank has an older sister Aiko and a younger sister Kathryn Sumiko. Frank is closest to Aiko because he lives with her in Chicago post-war.
Frank grows up during the Great Depression. Although money is hard to earn during the Great Depression, Frank's father buys a house for around $2,000. Asians could not own homes or property because of the Alien Land Law. After camp, Frank's sister's name is on the deed because she is an American citizen.
The Matsuda family lives in the community of Ballard in Seattle. The demographic is predominately Scandinavian. Frank remembers there are four Japanese American families plus them. Frank has many friends on 69th Street.
Frank recalls December 7 and the evacuation orders, Executive Order 9066 (EO9066). He says the Japanese Americans becomes the most hated people after Pearl Harbor. The Matsuda family goes to Puyallup and Minidoka. He describes the living conditions and provisions in camp.
Frank did not stay at Minidoka for long. He takes the opportunity to work on a sugar beet farm in Idaho. Later he goes to Salt Lake City to work at a meatpacking company and restaurant.
"Jap"
alien land laws
art
barbed wire
Barracks
baseball
buddhist
Child rearing
childhood activities
Christianity
church
cooking
December 7th
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farming community
fishing
friends
Great Depression
guard towers
hobbies
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese values
living conditions
meals
Minidoka
morals
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
picture bride
Puyallup Assembly Center
Racism
railroads
school
Seattle
siblings
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Sukeo Oji oral history interview, May 26, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/285-Oji-Skeets-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Feb 24
Location of Birth
Sacramento, California
Incarceration Facilities
Tulare Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Korean War, 1950-1953
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Skeets
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Sukeo Oji oral history interview, part 2 of 7, May 26, 2002
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Oji, Sukeo: narrator
Yee, Govan: interviewer
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2002OH0285_02_Oji
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Sukue “Skeets” Oji enrolled at Sacramento Junior College and took flying classes. However, Skeets did not complete his civilian flying classes because he was drafted. Skeet went to Presidio Monterey for his induction and was stationed at Moffett Field. On December 7, Skeets was in San Francisco and visited his wife. As they left the zoo, he heard the news about Pearl Harbor.
Skeets returned to Moffett Airfield and was assigned to guard a transformer. Skeets discusses his various duties ranging from jeep patrolling the fence line, guarding the hanger, and drafting. Before Christmas, he was with the 554th Squadron and transferred to Williams Field, Arizona. After three months, Skeets was promoted to Corporal.
Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, was on inactive reserve. Skeets went home to Santa Marie to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Aratani helped Skeets' parents and provided them with land to farm. Later Skeets' family voluntarily moved to the Salt Lake City area, but Executive Order 9066 went into effect. Skeet and his family took what they could carry and went to the Assembly Center.
To stay busy, Skeets found a job in the Administration Offices with an Engineer overseeing the maintenance of the camp. When Gila was ready for occupancy, the internees left Tulare. Skeets stayed behind to tidy up Tulare and joined his family at Gila a few days later. At Gila, Skeets assisted on the surveying team.
Before Gila, Skeets applied to continue his education and received orders to be released from camp. The University of Nebraska accepted Niseis from various camps, and Skeets went there to continue his education in engineering. Skeets recalls Dr. Drew from a Methodist Church being helpful to the Nisei Students. Besides school, Skeets worked to support himself. He discusses stereotypes and the misconceptions society had about the Japanese Americans.
assembly center
college
corporal
dating
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
duties
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
flying lessons
Gila River
guard duty
inactive duty
Issei parents
Japanese American
living conditions
military police (mp)
Moffett Field
Nisei
patrol
Pearl Harbor
Presidio Monterey
prison
propaganda
school
sibling
surveyors
Tulare
World War Two
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James Murata oral history interview, April 20, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/267-Murata-Jim-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Aug 06
Location of Birth
San Jose, California
Incarceration Facilities
Tulare Temporary Detention Facility
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Jim
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
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James Murata oral history interview, part 2 of 5, April 20, 2002
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Murata, James: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
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2002OH0267_02_Murata
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James Murata stopped attending Japanese Language School in high school to help his parents in the fields harvesting carrots. He discusses his obligation to help his parents in farming. If there were any family outings, the family would pay. Unlike American films, Japanese films only were released three to four times a year. The movie theater seating had no segregation. However, there was segregation at public community swimming pools. In high school, there was a swimming program that was not restricted. James did not see any discrimination in high school among the students.
In 1934, James' father passed away, and the family stuck together to survive. Although James lost his father and later his brother, he did not change until World War Two because he was separated from his family. James was living in Guadalupe when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
A few days later, the Army moved into the community to patrol the streets. He recalls an encounter with a soldier going home. James said he was used to seeing the soldiers around because, before Pearl Harbor, the National Guards would come through town for the summer practices. There was a National Guard Headquarters 30 miles away from the community.
James recalled the FBI coming to his house asking for his father. James informed them that his father passed away, and the FBI left. Other families James knew had a different experience with the FBI. James recalled there were curfews and travel restrictions. Several months later, there was an evacuation notice. The Japanese Americans had no power or rights regardless of how they felt. The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) could only listen to the government. The JACL was not able to make suggestions.
Assembly Center
James did own any treasures and only packed what he could carry to camp. James and his family evacuated to an Assembly Center. He described the living conditions and the guards posted at the gate. James would work inside the relocation center as an ambulance driver.
assembly center
Curfew
December 7th
discrimination
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
FBI
friends
guards
high school
Issei parents
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese American community
Japanese language school
Japanese values
job
living conditions
movies
National Guards
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
race tracks
relocation centers
restrictions
segregation
Social activities
swimming pool
travel restriction
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Sumio Frank Shimada oral history interview, March 23, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/263-Shimada-Frank-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Apr 21
Location of Birth
Vacaville, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Popsy
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
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Sumio Frank Shimada oral history interview, part 1 of 5, March 23, 2002
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Shimada, Sumio Frank: narrator
Yahata, Craig: interviewer
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2002OH0263_01_Shimada
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Sumio Frank Shimada was born on April 21, 1918, in Vacaville, CA. Later his family moved to Cordelia and then San Jose. Frank revisited Vacaville last year for a reunion. He described the changes in the town since his childhood.
Frank discusses his school years. In Vacaville, he attended primary school and Japanese Language School. Later, when the family moved to Cordelia, he went to a small grammar school and attended Sunday school at a Lutheran Church. After five years, Frank's family moved to San Jose. When Frank went overseas during wartime, he missed the valleys of San Jose the most. The valley was the most beautiful when the flowers were blooming.
In high school, Frank enrolled at a Prep Ministry school in Oakland. He graduated high school in 1936. Being the oldest son, Frank had responsibilities to the family. Therefore, he worked on the strawberry farm to help his parents. Later, Frank's family moved to Santa Clara and rented an area for farming.
In 1941, Frank moved to Los Angeles to help his half-brother in the trucking business. He recalls hearing the news about Pearl Harbor and shares his reaction to the event.
After President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, there were restrictions for the Japanese Americans. Frank's first reaction to Executive Order 9066 was the government could not do this to American citizens. He could only comply with the government orders because his parents taught him to respect authority.
Frank evacuated to Santa Anita Assembly Center with the Japanese Americans from Mountain View Palo Alto and later to Heart Mountain. Frank only took what he could carry to camp.
church
country
Curfew
December 7th
discrimination
education
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
fishing
friend
Heart Mountain
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American community
Japanese language school
Japanese values
Ministry of Education
Nisei
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
restrictions
Santa Anita
school
sports
swimming
travel order
travel permit
World War Two
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, February 23, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/247-Kurushima-Eddy-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 06
Location of Birth
Brawley, California
Incarceration Facilities
Fresno Temporary Detention Facility
Jerome Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, part 4 of 8, February 23, 2002
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Kurushima, Masato Eddy: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
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2002OH0247_04_Kurushima
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On December 7, 1941, Masato Eddy Kurushima was at the free market selling their harvest and heard the news about Pearl Harbor. Eddy was in shock and felt things would go back to normal the next day. The Pearl Harbor attack changed the lives of the Japanese Americans and questioned their citizenship.
Eddy's mother was concerned and wanted to remove any Japanese items from the house. Eddy helps his parents destroy Japanese belongings from their home. The following day after the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI came to pick up Eddy's father. A few days later, Eddy's father returned home. Eddy experiences racism. Eddy's mother encourages him to continue going to school despite the negative experience.
When Eddy returns from Japan to the United States, he gradually starts to feel accepted. He did not have a connection with Japan, even though Japan was his ancestral home. Eddy recalls President Roosevelt's speech after Pearl Harbor. Eddy feels disbelief that the Japanese Americans are not considered citizens of the United States. Although Eddy's parents are not citizens of the United States, they acted like good citizens. Eddy's parents followed the law and are honest, hard-working people.
On evacuation day, the Kurushima family goes to Fresno Fair Grounds Relocation Center. They stay there for six months before going to Jerome, AR. Eddy describes the living conditions and the attitude of shikata ga nai.
black out
citizenship
citzenship
December 7th
Emperor Hirohito
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
FBI
Fresno
guard towers
guards
high school
internment camp
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Jerome
living conditions
newspapers
Nisei
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
President Roosevelt
Racism
relocation centers
World War Two
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, October 4, 2011
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 27
Location of Birth
Lodi, California
Incarceration Facilities
Stockton Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Meade, Maryland
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, part 2 of 3, October 4, 2011
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Yamashita, Masato: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2011OH1049_02_Yamashita
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Masato Yamashita's interview is with Lloyd Fujitani.
Masato Yamashita and Lloyd Fujitani recall hearing the news about Pearl Harbor on the radio. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, anyone who is a leader of a Japanese Organization is taken away by the FBI. The FBI takes away dozen community leaders from Lodi including his cousin.
The government gives a month's notice for the Japanese Americans to evacuate to the Assembly Centers. The Yamashita family goes to the Stockton Assembly Center for three to four months. Masato describes the living conditions in the barracks at the Fair Grounds. At camp, Masato's neighborhood friend, Mackenzie, comes to visit him. The Fujitani family also goes to the Stockton Assembly Center.
At the Assembly Center, both Lloyd and Masato get jobs. Lloyd gets a job cooking, and Masato gets a job picking up trash. They are there at the Assembly Center for six months, waiting for Rohwer, AK, to finish construction.
Masato and Lloyd compare the security from the Assembly Center and Rohwer. At camp, there are sports, games, and social dances for entertainment. In 1943, Masato graduated high school and goes to Saint Louis for work. Shortly after, he is drafted into the Army. In 1945, Lloyd is drafted into the Army.
Masato and Lloyd talk about their induction and basic training experience before going overseas to the European Theater. Overseas, Masato is in the Third Platoon, First Squad, I Company. His Platoon Sergeant is George Ikeda. Lloyd is in Second Platoon, I Company. His Staff Sergeant is Shiro "Kash" Kashino.
Masato arrives in France approximately three months after the Lost Battalion battle. He is assigned to guard duty on top of a hill and describes the last push.
barbed wires
Barracks
basic training
Blackouts
Camp Blanding
Camp McCoy
casualties
Community leaders
community organizations
December 7th
Draft
employment
European Theater
evacuate
Executive Order 9066
FBI
France
friend
German soldiers
Gothic Line
guard towers
high school
I Company
induction
Issei
Issei parents
Italy
Japanese American soldiers
Killed in Action (KIA)
last push
living conditions
Lost Battalion
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
overseas
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
platoon
Po Valley
radio
replacement
replacement soldiers
restrictions
Rohwer Concentration Camp
squad
staff sergeant
Stockton Assembly Center
World War Two
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Maya Miyamoto oral history interview, April 27, 2011
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jan 28
Location of Birth
Carmel Valley, California
Incarceration Facilities
"Volunteer Evacuation"
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Meade, Maryland
Camp Holabird, Maryland
Unit of Service
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
Civil Intelligence Section, 441st Counter Intelligence Corps
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
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Maya Miyamoto oral history interview, part 1 of 3, April 27, 2011
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Miyamoto, Maya: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
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2011OH1043_01_Miyamoto
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Maya Miyamoto was born on January 28, 1922, in Carmel Valley, CA. His father and mother were from Kumamoto, Japan. Maya's father taught him respect, how to get along with others, honesty, and do not shame the family. Maya said his parents wished him to be successful and continue farming.
As a child, he worked on the farm, and gradually he did more farm labor. The homelife of the Miyamoto family was more westernized and the primary language was English. Maya gave examples of not using chopsticks or taking off their shoes in the house.
On December 7, 1941, Maya heard the news of Pearl Harbor on the radio at home. Two of his brothers were already in the Army service. As a child, Maya did not think much about the effects of war and carried on like usual. The aftermath of Pearl Harbor became more significant when the FBI came to their home and evacuation to Poston, Arizona.
In 1944 Maya went to Phoenix, AZ, for his induction. After completing basic training, Maya was sent to Mobile Intelligence at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, to teach all kinds of weapons from Germany and Japan. Later, Maya was assigned to the Counter Intelligence Group and went to CIC Headquarters at Camp Holabird, Maryland, for training.
In November or December of 1945, Maya landed in Atsugi Field. This was his first time traveling to Japan and leaving California. Maya recalls that the culture and customs were different from the United States. After Atsugi, Maya went to Tokyo. He describes the devastation he saw in the towns and cities. Maya visited the CIC detachment in Chiba where he saw his friend. His friend who worked in Graves Registration was looking for bodies of fliers in Chiba, wondering if they were killed or beheaded.
100th
442nd
4C classification
alien land laws
assembly center
atomic bombing
Atsugi Airbase
basic training
Camp Holabird
Camp Ritchie
casualties
CIC
Community leaders
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
December 7th
Draft
enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
farming community
FBI
Fort Meade
Hawaiian soldiers
home life
interrogator
Issei father
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
Japanese nationals
Japanese values
kibei
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
meals
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
occupation
officer
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
picture bride
post war
Poston
propaganda
radio
sharecropping
siblings
teachers
train stations
translater
war crimes
weapons training
World War Two
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George Matsunaga oral history interview, October 9, 2010
Oral History
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/1015-Matsunaga-George-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 May 28
Location of Birth
Wailuku (Maui), Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Camp Ritchie, Maryland
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Okinawa
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George Matsunaga oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 9, 2010
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Matsunaga, George: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
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2010OH1015_01_Matsunaga
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George Mitsuru Matsunaga was born on May 28, 1925, in Wailuku, Maui. George had many positive influences that shaped him during his informal educational years. At home, his parents taught him filial piety and to study hard. In English school and Japanese language school, the teachers taught him to be a good student and person. Life outside school, George was active in the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. He also enjoyed playing hanafuda, karuta, movies, and sports.
Life for George changed on December 7, 1941. George recalls learning about the Pearl Harbor attack and described Japan's attempt to attack the oil refinery. At school, George remembered digging trenches and carrying a gas mask every day even to graduation. After Pearl Harbor, George feared what would happen to the Japanese American community.
When George graduated high school, he attended the University of Hawaii and worked for a pineapple cannery. At the University of Hawaii, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) recruited George. On January 3, George was sworn in for service and went to a replacement depo outside Schofield. George left Hawaii for the first time to go to the mainland for training.
At the CIC School in Maryland (Camp Ritchie). George learned FBI work. Later, George went to Fort Meade, Maryland, and took furlough. George received news the war ended and was shipped out immediately to Camp Stonemann Pittsburg to go overseas.
"Jap"
baseball
black out
bus
censorship
Child rearing
childhood activities
CIC
colored
correspondence
cub scouts
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
entertainment
family
FBI
Fort McClellan
Fort Meade
Fort Ritchie
Fort Snelling
friends
gas mask
grandmother
Hawaii
Hawaiian identity
Hawaiian soldiers
Japanese language school
Japanese values
Mainland
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Military Intelligence Service Language School
morals
movies
Nisei
occupation
Pacific Theater
parents
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Philippines
primary school
radio
replacement depot
Sansei
Schoffield
segregation
siblings
snow
sports
teachers
training
trenches
University of Hawaii
volunteer
youth organizations
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, June 28, 2005
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/583-Saito-Isamu-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Apr 27
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Sam
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, part 2 of 6, June 28, 2005
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Saito, Isamu: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2005OH0583_02_Saito
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Isamu "Sam" Saito recalls his school years. At school, the students are primarily Japanese Americans. The teachers had a hard time pronouncing the Japanese names. Therefore, many of the Japanese American students used English names for the benefit of the teachers. Sam keeps his Japanese name during his school years to avoid the teachers calling on him. Later in life, he changes his name to Sam.
Schooling was challenging for Sam because he had to rely on himself since he is the oldest child of Issei. He mentions the language and culture barriers with the Caucasian teachers as well.
Besides primary school, Sam attended Japanese language school. Therefore he did not participate in after-school activities. In the summertime, Sam is busy with summer school and working part-time. He works delivering the Japanese newspapers or working on a farm to earn money for new clothes.
In high school, Sam is aware of world news. He recalls December 7 and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. At school, Sam's friends blame the Japanese Americans. However, Sam does not feel the Japanese Americans are responsible. At home, Sam recalls the visit from the FBI.
childhood employment
December 7th
discrimination
family
FBI
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese language school
job
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
President Roosevelt
radio broadcasts
restrictions
school
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Yoshio Izumi oral history interview, November 20, 2004
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/515-Izumi-Yoshio-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Sep 15
Location of Birth
South Pasadena, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Ord, California
Fort Custer, Michigan
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Yoshio Izumi oral history interview, part 3 of 5, November 20, 2004
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Izumi, Yoshio: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Toyota: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0515_03_Izumi
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On December 7, Yoshio Izumi is on his weekend leave and hears about Pearl Harbor on the radio at home. Yoshio was born and raised in the United States, and he feels he would be loyal to his homeland. He feels he is one hundred percent American.
On February 19, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 and Yoshio's family goes to Manzanar. All the Japanese American soldiers in the outfit are taken out and placed in a segregated unit. Yoshio recalls orders to dig trenches for other Military Personnel. Later the outfit is sent to serval places in the Midwest. Yoshio goes to Fort Custer, Michigan. Other Japanese American soldiers go to Camp Sheridan.
During Yoshio's service, he is transferred to many places, and it is difficult for his family to keep track and correspond. When possible, Yoshio visits his family a few times in Manzanar. He describes the camp and the living conditions of his family.
At Fort Custer, Yoshio is assigned to the Military Police (MP) and later works at the hospital as an orderly. Later, Yoshio received orders to go to Camp Savage. At Camp Savage, he is assigned to Headquarters Company doing clerical work. Besides clerical work, Yoshio recalls being tasked with coal-burning in the evening time.
Barracks
Camp Savage
December 7th
Draft
evacuate
Executive Order 9066
family
Fort Custer
guard towers
headquarters company
Japanese American
living conditions
Manzanar
medic
military police (mp)
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
pass
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
segregated unit
Shikata ga nai
siblings
World War Two
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Barney Hajiro oral history interview, January 17, 2010
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/121A-Hajiro-Barney-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1916 Sep 16
Location of Birth
Pu'unene (Maui), Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Barney Hajiro oral history interview, part 1 of 2, January 17, 2010
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Hajiro, Barney: narrator
Wasserman, Steven: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2010OH0121A_01_Hajiro
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Barney Hajiro was born on September 16, 1916. He was the second oldest of his siblings. He grew up on a plantation in Maui, Hawaii, during the Great Depression.
During Barney's school years, he attended first through eighth grade. He did not have transportation to go to high school. Therefore, after the eighth grade, Barney worked on the plantation weeding the grass and irrigating the sugar crops.
Barney worked hard and never complained while working on the plantation. Later, he moved to Honolulu looking for a stevedore position but worked as a dishwasher instead. There were no opportunities for Asians to work as a stevedore.
In February 1942, Barney joined the Army and did not receive weapons training. Therefore he did not go overseas with the 100th. Barney stayed behind at Schofield and was part of the 1399 Engineer Construction Battalion. He left the 1399 to volunteer for the 442nd. Barney went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for basic training. At Shelby, he was assigned to Company M, heavy weapons, as a runner and later transferred to Company I.
Barney fought in the Bruyeres and Biffontaine battles and later participated in the Lost Battalion rescue. He also fought in the Vosges Mountains against the German soldiers. He recalls his friends Fred Kameda and Shiro Kashino who were killed in action and that they were good soldiers.
Post-war, Barney returned to the plantation and worked as a supervisor. However, in 1946, there was a strike, and no one showed up for work. Later Barney goes back to Honolulu but could not find a job. The only positions available were stevedore or janitorial. Barney found work as a dishwasher because it was easier than plantation work.
Barney received the Medal of Honor for his service during World War Two but said the medal was not for himself but everyone in I Company.
100th Infantry Battalion
442nd
Arno River
artillery fire
Bruyeres-Biffontaine
buddha heads
Camp McCoy
Camp Shelby
civilians
court martial
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
Earl Finch
education
family
France
friends
gambling
German soldiers
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
Heavy Weapons
I Company
Issei
Issei parents
Italy
Japan
Katonk
Lost Battalion
M Company
Mainland soldiers
Medal of Honor
Mississippi
Nisei
overseas
overseas trip
Pearl Harbor
plantation
platoon
post war
President Roosevelt
rations
register
rifle company
Schofield
Schofield Barracks
school
siblings
squad
suicide hill
Vosges Forest
Vosges Mountains
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Ken Tamura oral history interview, May 1, 2000
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/118-Tamura-Ken-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 27
Location of Birth
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Incarceration Facilities
Pomona Temporary Detention Facility
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
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Ken Tamura oral history interview, part 2 of 7, May 1, 2000
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Tamura, Ken: narrator
Lim, Reuben: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2000OH0118_02_Tamura
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Ken Tamura discusses his childhood friend Woody and their friendship. The Tamura family sells their farm in Oklahoma and moves to Japan. Before arriving in Japan, the Tamura family visits California and Hawaii.
In Japan, Ken and his family live at their grandmother's home (Ken's mother's mother). Ken discusses adjusting to living in Japan and going to school.
When Ken is almost eighteen years old, the Tamura family moves back to the United States and resides in Los Angeles, CA. Ken recalls December 7 and evacuating to Pomona. Ken describes camp life and Heart Mountain Wyoming.
Arizona
barbed wires
black out
camp life
constitution
Constitutional Rights
December 7th
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farm
Farming
freedom
friendship
Heart Mountain
interment camp
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese culture
Japanese language
living conditions
mess hall
Nisei
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Pomona Assembly Center
restrictions
World War Two
Wyoming
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Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, October 18, 1999
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/082-Inouye-Shigeru-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Feb 03
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Shig
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Battle of Monte Cassino
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Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, part 2 of 5, October 18, 1999
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Inouye, Shigeru: narrator
Kawata, Ian: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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1999OH0082_02_Inouye
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Shigeru Inouye outlines the aftermath of December 7. After Pearl Habor, Shigeru's sister is in California and goes to Rohwer, AK. Shigeru visits his sister at Rohwer and describes the living conditions. He reunites with his sister again at Camp Shelby.
After maneuver training, Shigeru says the 442nd is organized with Mainland soldiers and Hawaiian soldiers. Shigeru discusses the relationships between the two groups and a boxing tournament at Camp Shelby.
Shigeru is assigned to the combat medic unit.
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video/m4v
100th
442nd
ancestry
barbed wire
basic training
Boxing
Camp McCoy
Camp Shelby
dating
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
front lines
guard towers
Hawaiian soldiers
interpreter
Japanese American
Japanese American soldier
Mainland
Mainland soldiers
medic
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Racism
Rohwer Concentration Camp
siblings
World War Two
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Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, October 18, 1999
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/082-Inouye-Shigeru-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Feb 03
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Shig
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Battle of Monte Cassino
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Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, part 1 of 5, October 18, 1999
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Inouye, Shigeru: narrator
Kawata, Ian: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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1999OH0082_01_Inouye
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Shigeru Inouye is born February 3, 1919, in Honolulu, HI. He is the youngest of seven children.
Shigeru recalls his school years at McKinley High School and the University of Hawaii. On November 14, 1941, Shigeru receives his draft notice. He discusses the events of Pearl Harbor and going to the Mainland to Camp McCoy.
At Camp McCoy, Shigeru goes through intense training and visits his brother in Chicago, IL, on his furloughs.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
basic training
black out
Camp McCoy
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
Hawaii
Hawaiian identity
high school
high school principal
internment camp
Japanese American
Mainland
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
POW
Prisoners of War (POWs)
Racism
rifle
Rohwer Concentration Camp
Schofield Barracks
siblings
University of Hawaii
World War Two
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Sachio Jack Takata oral history interview, June 17, 2006
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 14
Location of Birth
Alamo, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
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Sachio Jack Takata oral history interview, part 1 of 3, June 17, 2006
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Takata, Sachio Jack: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2006OH0699_01_Takata
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Sachio Takata was born on March 14, 1923, in Southern California. Sachio's father, Kizo, was from Kagoshima, Japan, and immigrated to the United States. He met Sachio’s mother, Hatsumi, from Hawaii, and they married. Sachio is the oldest of ten siblings.
Half of Sachio's youth was in Southern California and then in Northern California. Sachio enjoyed school. He attended primary school and Japanese Language School. After class, he would go home and help on the farm. Sachio describes harvesting different crops on 70 acres. Sachio grew up during the Great Depression. Although he had many interests, Sachio had to save every penny to buy model airplanes, a photography camera, and parts for the crystal radio set. The nearest town was Stockton, and Sachio watched cowboy movies often.
On December 7, Sachio was working on the farm, when he heard about Pearl Harbor. The following day, Sachio heard President Roosevelt declare war. Shortly after there were travel restrictions and a curfew enforced. Sachio recalls having the mentality of shikata ga nai and not trying to fight city hall. In camp, he did not participate in strikes.
On February 19, 1946, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, and Japanese Americans had to be evacuated from the western area. Sachio and his family evacuated to the assembly center and took what they could carry. At Turlock, Sachio spent most of his time working at the mess hall as a pantry clerk.
assembly center
camera
childhood
childhood activities
cowboy
December 7th
education
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm labor
farming community
Great Depression
Hawaii
high school
hobbies
horse stables
Issei father
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Livingston
meals
mess hall
movies
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt
primary school
radio
reading
relocation
Shikata ga nai
siblings
teacher
Turlock
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George Matsui oral history interview, September 11, 1998
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/008-Matsui-George-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1915 Mar 01
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Tule Lake Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Roberts, California
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Marshall Islands Campaign
Marianas Islands
Saipan, Tinian and Guam
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George Matsui oral history interview, part 1 of 3, September 11, 1998
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Matsui, George: narrator
Sato, Christine: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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1998OH0008_01_Matsui
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George Matsui grew up in Long Beach, CA, and his parents are farmers. George's father decided to go back to Japan when George was in junior high school. In Japan, George attended Japanese Grade School and learned the Japanese language. When George turned 18, his father sent him back to the United States. After High School, George attended Junior College off and on.
In 1939, George decided to start his grocery store after working in the Produce Market in Willington. In late 1940, George received a draft notice from the Army and reported to San Pedro MacArthur Induction Center in February 1941. George completed basic training within four months.
On December 7, George was on leave from the Army when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Several days later, all the Nisei soldiers were placed in a warehouse. The following year, George received a letter from the Company Commander that he was reassigned to an unlisted reserve.
Shortly after going home, George was evacuated to Santa Anita Assembly Center. He worked in the Personnel Department for about five months until the internees were sent to different camps. Summer of 1942, George went to Tule Lake until the Army sent him a letter to report to Camp Savage for Military Intelligence Service Language School. In his free time, he took a bus to Minneapolis.
In the summer of 1943, George went overseas to the Central Pacific Area. On his team, there were eight Niseis were from the mainland and two Niseis from Honolulu, Hawaii. The training at the MIS School helped prepare George for his role overseas. George learned interrogation, translation, and interpretation.
George's duty overseas was an interrogation. He recalls in Saipan, he went with Sergeant Honda to interrogate people hiding in the cave. For his service in Saipan, George was awarded the Bronze Star for going above and beyond his duty. He also received a letter of accommodation for his service in the Marshall Islands. George helped interpret the coral islands' map and found a harbor for the squadron team to protect them from submarine attacks.
After his service in Saipan, George went to Honolulu for rest. Years later, George was assigned to return to Saipan to train 20 new Niseis for one month on weapons.
basic training
business
Camp Savage
cave flushing
caves
December 7th
Draft
education
farmer
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
interpretation
interrogation
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese civilians
Japanese language school
Japanese soldiers
Mainland soldiers
Marshall Islands
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Military Intelligence Service Language School
Nisei soldiers
overseas
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
R and R
Saipan
siblings
Social activities
sports
translation
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Yoshiaki Fujitani oral history interview, January 19, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Indexing Metadata
hidden field containing indexing metadata
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Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
Dublin Core
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Title
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Yoshiaki Fujitani oral history interview, part 5 of 8, January 19, 2002
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2002OH0224_05_Fujitani
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Description
An account of the resource
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Yoshiaki Fujitani joined the Hawaii Territorial Guard, which later became the Varsity Victory Volunteers (VVV). Because his father was a Buddhist minister, he was blacklisted as a "potentially dangerous enemy alien." Yoshiaki only had a few months to spend with his father before he was shipped to Sand Island, and later to a temporary detention facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Angered by his father's removal by the United States Government, Yoshiaki resigned from the Varsity Victory Volunteers.
Creator
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Fujitani, Yoshiaki: narrator
Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers
World War II--Enemy Alien Classification
World War II--Department of Justice Internment Camps--Santa Fe
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
00:27:55
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2002-01-19
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Honolulu, Hawaii
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7th
Hawaii Territorial Guard
Sand Island
Santa Fe
University of Hawaii ROTC
Varsity Victory Volunteers
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Edward Ichiyama oral history interview, January 22, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Indexing Metadata
hidden field containing indexing metadata
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Subject Notes
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Post-War Friendships/Military embarkation/Liberating prisoners from the Dachau Concentration Camp
Physical Media Notes
The condition of the physical media
This portion of the interview begin mid-story
Dublin Core
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Title
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Edward Ichiyama oral history interview, part 5 of 7, January 22, 2002
Identifier
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2002OH0236_05_Ichiyama
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Description
An account of the resource
This interview picks up mid-story with Edward Ichiyama discussing details about his friend, Tsaneshi Naruo, as well as the eulogy of his friend, [Shimizu]. Next, Ichiyama moves on to recall his first time entering Germany and chasing the German Army along with his unit. In addition, he talks about discovering the concentration camp, Dachau, and liberating its prisoners. Lastly, Ichiyama talks about facing Holocaust deniers and how he sees similarities between Arab-Americans and Holocaust victims and the discrimination that both groups have faced.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ichiyama, Edward: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Subject
The topic of the resource
Post World War II--Travel, leisure
World War II--Military service--Embarkation
World War II--Concentration Camps--Germany
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Video/m4v
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
00:27:37
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2002-01-22
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Honolulu, Hawaii
442nd Regimental Combat Team
45th Division
522
American Concentration Camps
ammunition
anti-Semitic
artillery
atrocities
Auschwitz
battles
bigotry
burning flesh
civil liberties
compound
corpses
countryside
Dachau
December 7th
detractors
discrimination
due process
forward observer
France
German Republic
Germany
incarceration
incinerated
Indians
infantry
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Japanese
Jewish
Jews
lawyer
Lithuanian Jews
machine parts
malnutrition
march
medicine
medieval
minority
moccasins
Museum of Modern Art
Muslims
New York
organizations
ovens
Pittsburgh
plane parts
prison garb
prisoners
Racism
railroad
Rein
river
Schneider
September 11th
slave camp
Social Security
society
Switzerland
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