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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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Oral History
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Willie Tanamachi oral history interview, part 1 of 3, May 19, 2006
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Tanamachi, Willie: 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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56:00
Language
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eng
Date
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2006-05-19
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Houston, Texas
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2006OH0670_01_Tanamachi
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An account of the resource
Willie Tanamachi discusses life on the farming Texas with his 12 siblings. Growing up in the 1920's there was no electricity and he cherished opportunities to go to the county fair and movies.
His favorite teacher is Ms. Monroe (first grade teacher). Ms. Monroe treats him like a student and did not show racism. She also promotes him to the second grade.
At home Willie speaks Japanese and English. He also learns Spanish to speak to the farm workers. On occasions, Willie visits Mexico because a food and things are less expensive.
After graduating from San Benito High School, Willie works on the farm for a few year before going to the Army Air Corp. Willie shares his basic training experiences.
171st Infantry Battalion
Army Air Corps
baseball
basic training
Child rearing
childhood activities
farmer
Farming
homecoming
homestead
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese language school
languages
mochi
New Year
Nisei
picture bride
primary school
siblings
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Yoshisuke Jack Kunitomi oral history interview, April 21, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/270-Kunitomi-Jack-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1915 Oct 10
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Yoshi-Chan
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:29:02
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eng
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2002-04-21
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Los Angeles, California
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Yoshisuke Jack Kunitomi first talks about his brothers, and the many crops that Issei farmers grew in California. Next, he discusses that it was difficult for Issei and Nisei to get jobs outside of farming or retail markets. Lastly, he recounts his experiences in school, the universities that Japanese Americans attended, and race relations in Los Angeles.
Subject
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Education--Secondary education
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Race--Race relations
Race--Violence
Race--Discrimination
Title
A name given to the resource
Yoshisuke Jack Kunitomi oral history interview, part 2 of 9, April 21, 2002
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Kunitomi, Yoshisuke Jack: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0270_02_Kunitomi
brothers
Farming
Higher education
Issei
markets
race discrimination
race relations
White Russians
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Yoshio Nakamura oral history interview, August 20, 2005
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/595-Nakamura-Yoshio-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Jun 30
Location of Birth
Rosemead, California
Incarceration Facilities
Tulare Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Yosh
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Yoshio Nakamura begins the interview with his family's background, how the family adapted to life without a mother, and the family's farming business. Next, he describes his elementary and high school experiences and activities. Lastly, he recounts learning about Pearl Harbor, the community's reactions, and his elementary teacher visiting him and other Japanese Americans at the Gila River Concentration Camp.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education--Primary education
Industry and employment--Agriculture
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Gila River
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Education--Secondary education
Type
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:29:14
Language
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eng
Date
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2005-08-20
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West Covina, California
Title
A name given to the resource
Yoshio Nakamura oral history interview, part 1 of 6, August 20, 2005
Creator
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Nakamura, Yoshio: narrator
Iketani, Todd: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2005OH0595_01_Nakamura
Blackouts
brothers
Farming
father
Gila River
Pearl Harbor
sister
teacher
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Kazuo Fujii oral history interview, July 14, 2001
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/187-Fujii-Kazuo-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Oct 09
Location of Birth
Troutdale, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Portland Temporary Detention Facility
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Warren, Wyoming
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
232nd Combat Engineer Company
Campaigns/Battles
Rome-Arno Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Rhineland Campaign
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:30:20
Language
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eng
Date
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2001-07-14
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Portland, Oregon
Description
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Kazuo Fujii begins the interview with background information on his family, and his early childhood being influenced by his primary school teachers. Next, he describes having to work hard on the family farm, and then taking it over after graduating high school. Lastly, he discusses getting an early draft number and being sent off to basic quartermaster training at Fort Warren, Wyoming.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education--Japanese language schools
Education--Primary education
Identity and values--American Japanese
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Military service--Pre-World War II service
Title
A name given to the resource
Kazuo Fujii oral history interview, part 1 of 5, July 14, 2001
Creator
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Fujii, Kazuo: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2001OH0187_01_Fujii
basic training
draft number
Farming
Fort Warren
Japanese language school
primary education
siblings
teachers
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George Oiye oral history interview, March 24, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/264-Oiye-George-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Feb 19
Location of Birth
Basin Creek, Montana
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Montana
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Champagne Campaign
Central Europe Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:29:40
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eng
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2002-03-24
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San Jose, California
Description
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George Oiye begins the interview by describing his family and childhood experiences growing up in Montana. Next, he describes his parents' emphasis to Americanize, as well as discussing the small Japanese American population in Montana. Lastly, he talks about community interactions in Montana before and then after Pearl Harbor, and his inability to volunteer for different military branches.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education--Secondary education
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Identity and values
Race--Discrimination
Title
A name given to the resource
George Oiye oral history interview, part 1 of 7, March 24, 2002
Creator
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Oiye, George: narrator
Yahata, Craig: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0264_01_Oiye
Americanization
discrimination
Farming
landownership
Montana
parents
school
siblings
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Taira Fukushima oral history interview, August 11, 2008
Oral History
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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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Taira Fukushima oral history interview, August 11, 2008
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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 1 of 3, August 11, 2008
Creator
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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_01_Fukushima
Description
An account of the resource
Taira Fukushima was born on February 8, 1926, in Los Angeles, CA. Taira describes how he gets his name and how his name is confused as a female name.
Taira's father is Buntaro Fukushima, and he was born on August 2, 1881. Taira's father comes from a farming community in Japan. Taira's father works hard and is an honest man.
Taira's mother, Maru Tateyama Fukushima, is a picture bride from Japan. Taira's mother cooks the family meals and he recollects always getting green apples. Taira says his mother will sacrifice anything for their children. During the summertime, Taira and his three siblings ask for ice cream. As a child, Taira thinks his mother doesn't likes ice cream. However, she loves ice cream. Taira's mother does not eat the ice cream to save it for the children.
Growing up, the Fukushima family is Buddhist. At Japanese language school, the Buddhist Priest would teach the classes. Sometimes the school's space is used for shows or Japanese movie screenings with a narrator. Taira says these are the social activities that parents and children enjoy. Another childhood activity Taira enjoys is playing with his neighborhood friends Eddie Harvey and Susumu Kitano.
Taira discusses his school years at Hobart Boulevard School, Berendo Junior High School, and John H. Francis Polytechnic High School. Furthermore, he attends Japanese language school after school.
442nd
Buddhism
Camp Blanding
Camp Hood
childhood activities
Draft
elementary school
family
Farming
friends
high school
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Japanese values
living conditions
Manzanar
meals
medic
movies
Nisei
picture bride
Seabrook Farms
siblings
teachers
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Susumu Yenokida oral history interview, July 6 and 7, 2008
Description
An account of the resource
After Yenokida was drafted into the army, he refused to report for service and was court marshaled. He was sent to a prison camp in Tuscon, but was later transferred to Texarkana Maximum Prison. He was released in 1944, but was unable to move back into Amache Concentration Camp to be with his family. Instead, he found work as a farmer.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/895-Yenokida-Susumu-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Jan 28
Location of Birth
Turlock, California
Incarceration Facilities
Merced Temporary Detention Facility
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Conscripted
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Susumu Yenokida oral history interview, part 4 of 4, July 7, 2008
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Yenokida, Susumu: 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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2008OH0895_04_Yenokida
Description
An account of the resource
Yenokida discusses his time after his imprisonment, working in Denver, farming and shipping vegetables with his brother. Later, they would head back to Cortez to visit their mother and start their own farm, which ended up having over 3,000 acres of farmland, until President Carter decided to have an embargo on Russia, which ended up causing the farm to close. During that time, his brother would drive up to Tule Lake Concentration Camp to help those who did not have anywhere else to go and gave them jobs on the farm. Next, Yenokida discusses the redress and reparations that were given to each family and what it means to him. Finally, he speaks about the legacy of those that went to the camps, served in the war, or took a stand against the government.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Japanese Americans--Post-World War II
Industry and employment
Laws and legislation--redress and reparations
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Tule Lake
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
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0:49:09
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2008 July 07
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Denver, Colorado
alien land laws
California
Colorado
compensation
Cortez
cowboy
Denver
embargo
Farming
legacy
mother
President Carter
redress and reparations
Russia
shipping vegetables
stigma
Tule Lake Concentration Camp
yume
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Susumu Yenokida oral history interview, July 6 and 7, 2008
Description
An account of the resource
After Yenokida was drafted into the army, he refused to report for service and was court marshaled. He was sent to a prison camp in Tuscon, but was later transferred to Texarkana Maximum Prison. He was released in 1944, but was unable to move back into Amache Concentration Camp to be with his family. Instead, he found work as a farmer.
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/895-Yenokida-Susumu-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Jan 28
Location of Birth
Turlock, California
Incarceration Facilities
Merced Temporary Detention Facility
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Conscripted
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Susumu Yenokida oral history interview, part 3 of 4, July 7, 2008
Creator
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Yenokida, Susumu: 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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2008OH0895_03_Yenokida
Description
An account of the resource
Yenokida begins his trial in Denver, submitting paperwork showing that Japanese Americans were not being given their Constitutional Rights, however, the judge did not agree and he was sentenced to Tuscon Federal Work Camp for 1 year. He and the other Japanese Americans were handcuffed and leg shackled and sent down to Tuscon, which left a shameful imprint on Yenokida's mind for the rest of his life. While there, his two brothers also were sentenced to the same work camp and they continued on doing their work for a year and decided to head back to Ameche to see their mother. However, upon arrival, they found they were not allowed back and instead had to sneak into the camps late at night. After nearly being caught one night, they headed back to Denver to start working but were taken advantage of by others that had been living in the work camps with them.
Subject
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World War II--Prisoners and prisons
Japanese Americans--World War II
Industry and employment--Agriculture
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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1:02:58
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eng
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2008 July 07
Spatial Coverage
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Colorado, Denver
Arizona
censorship
Colorado
Constitutional Rights
Denver
Denver County Jail
embargo
Farming
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
judge
President Carter
Russia
Shikata ga nai
Texarkana
trial
Tuscon
Tuscon Federal Work Camp
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Harold Horiuchi oral history interview, July 6, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Aug 29
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
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Champagne Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Harold Horiuchi oral history interview, part 2 of 3, July 6, 2008
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Horiuchi, Harold: 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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2008OH0893_02_Horiuchi
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In high school, Harold Horiuchi enjoys playing basketball. In Seattle, Harold plays basketball for the Fieldhouse Team as a Center. Harold plays basketball in the Japanese American Community too.
In 1938, Harold graduates high school and goes to the University of Washington for two years. Harold recalls the attack on Pearl Harbor. His brother, Masanori, is still in Japan studying abroad. However, Masanori makes it back to the United States on the last ship to Seattle. Harold discusses the effects of Pearl Harbor and the family's grocery store.
When evacuation orders are announced, Harold and his family go to Puyallup and then to Minidoka. He describes the living conditions at the camp. The Army is asking for volunteers for the 442nd. However, Harold is not accepted. Then after three months at Minidoka, Harold goes to harvest crops in Twin Falls. In Twin Falls, Harold and Edith get married.
In Denver, Harold receives his draft notice from the Army. June of 1944, Harold is inducted at Fort Douglas, Utah, and goes to Camp Shelby for basic training.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
100th
442nd
assembly center
barbed wire
Barracks
baseball
basketball
Camp Shelby
college
Curfew
dances
Draft
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
friends
graduation
grocery store
guard tower
high school
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
job
living conditions
marriage
Minidoka
Nisei
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Pullayup Assembly Center
siblings
Social activities
sports
travel
volunteer
wedding
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Harold Horiuchi oral history interview, July 6, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Aug 29
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
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Champagne Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Harold Horiuchi oral history interview, part 1 of 3, July 6, 2008
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Horiuchi, Harold: 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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2008OH0893_01_Horiuchi
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Harold Mamoru Horiuchi is born on August 29, 1920, in Seattle, WA. His parents are both from Chiba-Ken, Japan, and have two siblings.
In Seattle, WA, his father opens a grocery store. Harold's father enjoys fishing and tennis. Harold's memorable moment with his father is when they go fishing. Harold's other childhood activities are going to the movies and Boy Scouts.
Harold attends Central Elementary School and Japanese Language School. Later he attends Garfield High School. Growing up, Harold says he does not experience discrimination or prejudice. The people in Seattle are friendly.
At home, Harold speaks both Japanese and English. His parents instilled in him Japanese traditions and values.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
Boy Scouts
Buddhism
childhood activities
Christianity
family car
Farming
fishing
friends
grocery store
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese community
Japanese language school
Japanese values
living conditions
meals
movies
New Year
Nisei
primary school
Seattle
siblings
Social activities
sports
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Jun Yamamoto oral history interview, June 29, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/891-Yamamoto-Jun-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 May 26
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
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Vosges
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Yes
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Jun Yamamoto oral history interview, part 2 of 2, June 29, 2008
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Yamamoto, Jun: narrator
Tsukiyama, Ted: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0891_02_Yamamoto
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Yamamoto discusses his first impressions of Manzanar incarceration camp and talks about the living conditions there; as well as his employment working in a camouflage factory, hospital, and sugar beet farming in Idaho. He then talks about the loyalty questionnaire he took, volunteering for service, going to Fort Douglas for enlistment, and experiencing discrimination while traveling to Camp Shelby. Next, Yamamoto talks about his relationship with the "no-no boys" at Manzanar; and discusses riots at Manzanar. Yamamoto also talks about his experiences at Camp Shelby including basic training, taking combat intelligence courses, and his experiences in Hattiesburg. Lastly, Yamamoto talks about his relationship with Hawaiian soldiers, discusses learning Pidgin English, and talks about visiting Rohwer incarceration camp.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Manzanar
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
Military service--Veteran history
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:53:20
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 June 29
Spatial Coverage
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Hawaii
basic training
Camp Shelby
employment
Farming
Hawaiian soldiers
living conditions
Manzanar Concentration Camp
No-no boys
Pidgin English
Rohwer Concentration Camp
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Jim Shikashio oral history interview, June 24, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/883-Shikashio-Jim-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Jun 18
Location of Birth
Shelley, Idaho
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Stockton Field, California
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Belvedere
Rome-Arno Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Central Europe Campaign
Liberation of Dachau Subcamps
Index
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Yes
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Jim Shikashio oral history interview, part 1 of 3, June 24, 2008
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Shikashio, Jim: 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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2008OH0883_01_Shikashio
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Shikashio and the interviewers introduce themselves. He describes his hometown Shelby, Idaho. He talks about his father's immigration to the United States. He describes his father's physical appearance and personality. He shares memories of his father. He discusses his mother's appearance. He talks about his mother's work on the family farm. He describes his mother's personality. He shares memories of his mother and his family home. He discusses his neighborhood demographics. He talks about his religious upbringing. He shares his experiences with discrimination. Shikashio describes family holiday celebrations. He discusses his siblings. He talks about his struggles with allergies. He describes his work on the family farm. He explains how he learned how to drive. He lists his family's means of transportation. He discusses attending the Idaho State Fair. He talks about what he did in his leisure time. He describes what he learned in Japanese language school. He discusses Kanji and other forms of Japanese writing. He talks about the languages that were spoken at his home. He describes his experiences in primary and secondary school. He discusses his mentors.
Subject
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Identity and values--Family
Religion and churches
Social activities
Education
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:59:13
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 June 24
Spatial Coverage
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Idaho
family
Farming
high school
Idaho
Japanese langauge school
Kanji
primary school
religion
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Hiroshi Kuida oral history interview, June 16, 2010
Oral History
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Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/1010-Kuida-Hiroshi-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925-10-23
Location of Birth
Ogden, Utah
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
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Hiroshi Kuida oral history interview, part 2 of 4, June 16, 2010
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Kuida, Hiroshi: narrator
Sueki, Lisa: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2010OH1010_02_Kuida
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Kuida discusses his schooling and education while living in Gardena. While a junior in high school, the Pearl Harbor attacks occurred which changed things for his family. Hours after Pearl Harbor, his mother was picked up by the FBI as a detainee because of her involvement at the Japanese language school. Shortly after, Executive Order 9066 was passed and those living in Los Angeles helped those living on Terminal Island evacuate their homes. As this was happening, Kuida's father corresponded with a friend in Utah and they were able to move there and work on a sugar beet farm instead of going to the American concentration camps. However, after Kuida's mother was released from the FBI, she was sent to Santa Anita race track until they were able to get her out to Utah. Next, he talks about sugar beet farming they did in Utah and the effects of Pearl Harbor.
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Education
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Santa Anita
Industry and employment--Agriculture
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:58:35
Language
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eng
Date
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2010 June 16
detainee
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
FBI
Gardena
high school
instructors
Japanese language school
Pearl Harbor
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center
Sugar beets
Terminal Island
Tremonton
Utah
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Hiroshi Kuida oral history interview, June 16, 2010
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Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/1010-Kuida-Hiroshi-1.m4v
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Yes
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925-10-23
Location of Birth
Ogden, Utah
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
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Hiroshi Kuida oral history interview, part 1 of 4, June 16, 2010
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Kuida, Hiroshi: narrator
Sueki, Lisa: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2010OH1010_01_Kuida
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Kuida begins the interview by giving brief introduction into his family background and growing up in Gardena, including Japanese language school and household decor. Next, he begins his background on his mother and father, both of whom immigrated from Okayama, Japan. He speaks about his father's journey, jumping from state to state finding different career paths before eventually settling down in Gardena, working in the fertilizing business. With the success of the fertilizing business, his brother and sister were able to attend UCLA and their father would purchase them a brand new bright red Chevy pickup. Next, Kuida talks about friendships he made in Gardena, as well as his high school days, where he attended class with many Japanese Americans.
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Identity and values--Family
Education
Industry and employment--Agriculture
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:59:24
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eng
Date
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2010 June 16
California
Chevrolet
childhood
Christianity
Compton Gakuen
family
Farming
Ford
Gardena
Idaho
Imperial Japanese Army
interrogations
Japan
Okayama prefecture
UCLA
Utah
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Ray Mayeda oral history interview, January 7, 2010
Oral History
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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
Language
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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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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 3 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_03_Mayeda
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Ray Kuniteru Mayeda was born on October 18, 1922. His parents were from Kagoshima prefecture before immigrating to the United States. Ray's father came from a family of educators in Japan.
In the United States, Ray's father was a successful farmer until the Great Depression. His parents taught him to work hard, be honest, and do well in school. Besides working on the farm, Ray went to school. He got good grades and participated in clubs and sports.
When World War Two ended, Ray went to Japan for the occupation. He discusses his thoughts on Nisei's contributions and the rebuilding of Japan.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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eng
accounting
Child rearing
childhood
childhood activities
education
Emperor
family
Farming
farming community
fishing
friends
Great Depression
immigration
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japanese American
Nisei
Nisei legacy
Nisei linguists
occupation
post war
rebuild
samurai
School Activites
schoolboy
sports
swimming
teacher
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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 2 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_02_Mayeda
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In October 1949, Ray Mayeda worked at the Civil Censorship until it was dissolved. Then Ray worked at Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) as a translator. He translated classified documents into English for a year.
After, Ray went to Okinawa to work for the Civil and Information Department in the military government. He was promoted to Visual Presentation Information Specialist. Ray had many Okinawan people working with him to spread propaganda about democracy in Okinawa. Ray screened movies and documentaries around different towns in Okinawa. Afterward, Ray started renting out regular American films, and his job was to control that.
When Ray did not have work, he found time to visit friends and his siblings. Ray has not seen his sisters and younger brother for 11 years. He reunited with his sisters and brother in Kagoshima and helped them come back to the United States. One of Ray's sisters got married there. After the war, Ray's father returned to Japan.
After serving his time in the occupation, Ray was discharged from the Army and censored telegrams in Osaka. Ray met his wife. His wife was working for the CCD in Tokyo and kept in touch. In March 1950, Ray worked in Okinawa and later returned to Tokyo in October 1951 and married his wife in June 1952.
By 1952, Ray was in Japan for five years, and he returned to the United States with his wife. Ray continued his education at the University of Minnesota, majoring in accounting. He later worked for a CPA firm, and then the Air Force Audit Agency hired him. Later Ray and his family moved to Japan, and Ray audited contracts in various places in Asia.
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
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eng
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS)
assignment
CIC
cigarettes
Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD)
civilian work
Communists
cultural heritage
culture
dating
employment
family
Farming
food shortages
Gifu
Hakujin
housing
interpret
Japan
Japanese American
jobs
landownership
Livingston
marriage
movies
natives
Nisei
Nisei veterans
occupation
Okinawa
post war
PX store
relationship
relatives
rice
siblings
Soviet Union
temporary duty
train
translate
transportation
travel
travel (leisure)
uniform
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Akio Konoshima oral history interview, July 21, 2009
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/975-Konoshima-Akio-1.m4v
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
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indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Akio Konoshima oral history interview, part 1 of 4, July 21, 2009
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Konoshima, Akio: 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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2009OH0975_01_Konoshima
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An account of the resource
Konoshima begins the interview speaking about his family background. As his father came over to the United States, Akio was born in Japan and brought over to California as an infant. They would move to Mountain View in northern California and lease a farm, where he and his siblings would work while they attended school. Growing up there, they faced small amounts of discrimination but grew up happy nonetheless. In his schooling, teachers would tell him that he was a gifted writer, but wouldn't really get into writing until college. After high school, he would attend San Jose State as an engineering major, as his father wanted him to go into a field that was less prejudiced.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
Identity and values--Family
Child rearing
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:58:43
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
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2009 July 21
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Bethesda, Maryland
Christianity
engineering
family
Farming
headquarters
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
judo
Latin America
Meiji Restoration
methodist
prejudice
San Francisco
tanka poetry
values
wrestling
writing
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Hiroshi Shishido oral history interview, January 17, 2009
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/964-Shishido-Hiroshi-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Dec 12
Location of Birth
Keahua (Maui), Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Saipan, Tinian and Guam
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
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Yes
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Hiroshi Shishido oral history interview, part 1 of 3, January 17, 2009
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Shishido, Hiroshi: narrator
Yahata, Craig: 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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2009OH0964_01_Shishido
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Shishido begins the interview talking about his family coming over from Japan to Hawaii and then moving back to Japan with his eldest brother and sister, Hiroshi choosing to stay behind with his younger brother. He would grow up on Maui, helping out at his aunt's farm and attending school and Japanese language school. Next, he talks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor and being drafted into the Army. He would head to Schofield Barracks and Fort Shasta to begin his field training, skipping over basic training altogether. He would be sent to Japan to begin his first assignment as an interpreter. There, he would interrogate and interpret for prisoners of war and obtain information about the ongoing war in the Pacific. He would also go on a short trip to Palau to evacuate the locals, but ended up being stranded there for 7 months before returning to Saipan.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
World War II--Asiatic-Pacific Theater --Marianas Islands--Saipan, Tinian and Guam
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.
1:00:52
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2009 January 17
atomic bomb
Blackouts
culture
evacuate
family
Farming
interpreter
interrogation
Japanese culture
Japanese language school
manuals
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Palau
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Prisoners of War (POWs)
Saipan
Schofield Barracks
schooling
war crimes trials
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Shigeru Hayashi, Hitoshi Sameshima, and Tatsuo George Hayakawa oral history interview, January 10, 2009
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Shigeru Hayashi, Hitoshi Sameshima, and Tatsuo George Hayakawa share their personal histories and military experiences. The main focus of the interview is Joe Hayashi, a Nisei veteran who was killed in action while fighting overseas in the European Theater, and a Medal of Honor recipient for his honorable military actions during World War II.
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/958-Hayashi-Shigeru-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Jan 17
Location of Birth
Salinas, California
Incarceration Facilities
Salinas Temporary Detention Facility
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Index
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Yes
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Shigeru Hayashi and Hitoshi Sameshima oral history interview, part 2 of 3, January 10, 2009
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Hayashi, Shigeru: narrator
Sameshima, Hitoshi: narrator
Kunitomo, Darrell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2009OH0958_02_Hayashi
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An account of the resource
Sameshima and Hayashi discuss their nicknames and their lives after Pearl Harbor, including the Executive Order 9066. Their families would face hard times as they readied to evacuate their homes, as they had to sell property and furniture for pennies on the dollar and faced discrimination that they had never seen before. The families would head to temporary detention centers, followed by Gila River Concentration Camp and Poston Concentration Camp. The two would be drafted into the Army and begin their basic training, eventually ending up in Military Intelligence Service Language School. They would both spend some time in the American concentration camps and they talk about the terrible conditions and being faced with the loyalty questions. They talk about their knowledge of the 442nd/100th Regiment and their experiences while at Fort Snelling, including learning interrogation techniques.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
Law and legislation--Executive Order 9066
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Fort Snelling
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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1:01:36
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2009 January 10
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
California
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Camp Shelby
Curfew
Executive Order 9066
Farming
Fort Snelling
Gila River Concentration Camp
Hawaiian soldiers
interrogation techniques
Issei parents
living conditions
loyalty questions
Major Aiso
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Poston Concentration Camp
Salinas Assembly Center
Shikata ga nai
uniforms
Utah
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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.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
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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Chiye Watanabe oral history interview, December 20, 2008
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Title
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Chiye Watanabe oral history interview, part 1 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_01_Watanabe
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An account of the resource
Staff Sergeant Joe Hayashi is a Medal of Honor recipient. The interviewees recall their childhood with Joe. His older sister Chiye Hayashi Watanabe, cousin Henry M. Hayashi, and half-brother, Seiichi Nakawatase. Chiye is born in Blanco (Salinas, CA) on July 11, 1919. Henry is born February 15, 1916, in Los Angeles, CA, and Seichi is born May 9, 1927, in Pasadena, CA.
Chiye's family lives in Salinas, CA, before moving to Los Angeles, CA, after Chiye's father passes away. In Pasadena, Chiye's mother meets Seichi's father and remarries.
Chiye, Henry, and Seiichi describe their parents and their childhood going up in Salinas and Pasadena. They all attend Japanese Language School besides attending primary school.
Chiye is closest to Joe because they are fourteen months apart in age. One of Joe's hobbies is raising pigeons.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
Army
childhood activities
childhood employment
childhood home
employment
family
farm labor
Farming
farming community
friends
high schoool
Issei father
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese langauge school
kendo
living conditions
Salinas
siblings
sports
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Noboru Yoshimura oral history interview, June 25, 2009
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/974-Yoshimura-Noboru-1.m4v
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Yes
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Noboru Yoshimura oral history interview, part 1 of 2, June 25, 2009
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Yoshimura, Noboru: 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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2009OH0971_01_Yoshimura
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An account of the resource
Yoshimura begins the interview discussing how he came to be on the USS Missouri with General MacArthur when the emperor of Japan was announcing his surrender. As a child, Yoshimura had moved from America to Japan to begin his education and to learn the Japanese culture. He would attend high school, but would feel that he didn't believe in the teachings of the Japanese teachers, so after graduation, moved back to the United States to begin his life anew. As he had always seen himself as an American, he would head back with one hundred yen given by his mother, and he would begin working on a farm. Next, he talks about the pressures to become Japanese and conform to the Japanese ways while living there. Once he had joined the Army, he was given an assignment to be part of the public relations team, interpreting for General Headquarters. He would talk to many Japanese civilians during the occupation, treating them as he would a close friend. He discusses the importance of understanding Japanese culture when being a part of occupation for the winning side.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
Japan--Pre-World War II
Allied Occupation of Japan
Japan--Post-World War II
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
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.
0:57:46
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2009 June 25
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
California
cigarettes
culture
Emperor of Japan
Farming
General MacArthur
high school
infantryman
interpreter
interrogator
invasion
Japanese civilians
kibei
Manchuria
militarization
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Nisei soldiers
Occupation of Japan
perspective
propaganda
public relations
self identity
shortages
surrender of Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
translator
USS Missouri
Wakayama prefecture
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Jumpei Mine oral history interview, November 23, 2008
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Aug 04
Location of Birth
Montebello, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Jumpy
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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Jumpei Mine oral history interview, part 1 of 2, November 23, 2008
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Mine, Jumpei: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0954_01_Mine
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An account of the resource
Jumpei "Jumpy" Mine is born on August 4, 1920, in Montebello, CA. Jumpei's father is a hard-working man. Jumpei's mother, Jen Mine, passes away early.
Jumpei grows up in Montebello and helps his father with farming. Jumpei's favorite sport is baseball. He has one sister, Chizuko, and one brother, Kay.
Jumpei discusses his school years from attending Laguna Elementary School in Montebello, high school, and Japanese Language School. His favorite activity at school is sports, especially baseball. During his free time, he rides his bike, goes hiking, and participates in Boy Scouts. On Sundays, he attends Christian Church in Montebello.
In 1939, he graduated high school and continued to help his father with farming. Jumpei recalls the Pearl Harbor aftermath. Jumpei's family goes to Santa Anita Assembly Center when evacuation orders are announced. After six months, Jumpei goes to Detroit, MI, for work, and then he is drafted into the Army.
After basic training, Jumpei goes overseas to Europe. He is assigned to Company D, Heavy Weapons. He shares a story of how his Squad Leader keeps the unit safe from the German soldiers.
When the war ends, Jumpei stays in Italy for three months before returning back to the United States. He goes to Chicago to reunite with his parents. Post-war, Jumpei looks for mechanic work.
442nd
88s
88th division
atomic bomb
baseball
bicycle
Boy Scouts
Chicago
Child rearing
childhood
childhood activities
children
Christian church
church
combat
Curfew
D Company
Draft
European Theater
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farm
Farming
France
friends
German soldiers
Hawaii
Heavy Weapons
homecoming
Issei parents
Italy
Japan
Japanese American
job
Livorno
machine gunner
Naples
Nice
Nisei
Olympics
overseas
Pearl Harbor
post war
restrictions
Santa Anita
seasick
siblings
sports
squad leader
surrender
travel
weapons
World War Two
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Fumio Ralph Fujimoto oral history interview, November 22, 2008
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/953-Fujimoto-Ralph-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Aug 04
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Ralph
Location of Basic Training
Camp Maxey, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Index
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Yes
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Fumio Ralph Fujimoto oral history interview, part 1 of 3, November 22, 2008
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Fujimoto, Fumio: 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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2008OH0953_01_Fujimoto
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An account of the resource
Fujimoto begins his interview with a short introduction of himself and speaking about his family background. He would grow up in southern California on various farms that his father would work on. Unfortunately, his father would pass away at a young age, which left his mother taking care of the entire family. He talks about his childhood and schooling, which included Japanese language school. Next, he talks about his knowledge of war overseas and making mochi for New Years, and his favorite foods. Next, he speaks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor and how he was at the movies when they announced it. He would rush home to tell his family and would then contemplate his future and his identity as a Japanese American.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Education
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
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.
0:58:13
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2008 November 22
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Chicago
California
correspondence
enemy alien
family
Farming
Fullerton Union High School
gardener
harmonica
Japanese American
Japanese identity and values
Japanese language school
kites
Knott's Berry Farm
Los Angeles
mochi
movies
Pearl Harbor
radio
Stanford University
track
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Kazuhiko Yamada oral history interview, March 5, 2009
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/969A-Yamada-Kazuhiko-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1915 Oct 24
Location of Birth
San Gabriel, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Rocky
Location of Basic Training
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
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Yes
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Kazuhiko Yamada oral history interview, part 1 of 2, March 5, 2009
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Yamada, Kazuhiko: narrator
Yahata, Craig: interviewer
Akune, Kenjiro: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2009OH0969A_01_Yamada
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An account of the resource
Yamada begins the interview talking about his family and how they came to move from Hiroshima to Los Angeles. His father would work as a flower farmer while Kazuhiko and his siblings attended english and Japanese school. He would attend Gardena High School, where the population was nearly fifty percent Japanese before graduating and attending Compton Junior College. After this, he would head up the coast to attend UC Davis in the horticulture field. Next, he talks about his whereabouts during the attacks on Pearl Harbor. As he was already in the Army, he would be moved to a segregated unit at Fort Custer in Michigan and then to Camp Savage for Japanese language courses. While he was there, his family would be moved to American concentration camps in Poston, Arizona and then Tule Lake. He would then be shipped out from San Francisco and begin his assignment in Australia.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
Identity and values--Family
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
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.
1:00:47
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2009 March 05
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
agriculture
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS)
American Concentration Camps
California
Camp Savage
Compton Junior College
correspondence
discrimination
Draft
family
Farming
Fort Custer
Fort MacArthur
Fort Ord
Gardena High School
Hiroshima
Japan
Japanese language school
kibei
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Minnesota
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Poston Concentration Camp
segregated unit
Shikata ga nai
Tule Lake Concentration Camp
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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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An account of the resource
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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Maki Miyahara oral history interview, January 14, 2009
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/968-Miyahara-Maki-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 May 08
Location of Birth
Montebello, California
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
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Fort Lewis, Washington
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Maki Miyahara oral history interview, part 1 of 5, January 14, 2009
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Miyahara, Maki: 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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2009OH0968_01_Miyahara
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Miyahara begins the interview talking about his family background and how his mother and father came over from Kyushu, Japan and settled down as farmers in the Los Angeles area. Growing up in California, he was able to live a pretty full childhood, including attending Japanese language school, playing baseball and beginning his kendo training, which would end up being one of his passions in life. During his childhood, he also would go to a ranch that was owned by the Kelloggs and ride the ponies they had there. During high school, he would become more involved with kendo, and even took a trip to Japan for it. While there, he would experience Japan like a young man would, not noticing much of the differences between there and Los Angeles, but being able to travel all the way up to Manchuria and beyond.
Subject
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Identity and values--Family
Social activities
Japan--Pre-World War II
Education
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
0:57:53
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2009 January 14
buddhist
California
family
Farming
Great Depression
Higashi Honganji
Japan
Japanese language school
kendo
marbles
picture bride
Pomona
radio
Tokyo
values
West Covina
Yokohama
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Kay Maeda oral history interview, September 12, 2008
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/939-Maeda-Kay-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 May 22
Location of Birth
Hood River, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Pinedale Temporary Detention Facility
Tule Lake Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Civilian
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Kay Maeda oral history interview, part 1 of 1, September 12, 2008
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Maeda, Kay: 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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2008OH0939_01_Maeda
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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eng
Date
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2008 September 12
Description
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Maeda talks about her parents immigrating from Japan to the United States, and her whereabouts during the attack on Pearl Harbor. After Executive Order 9066, Maeda and her family were forcibly removed first to Pinedale Temporary Detention Facility, then Tule Lake Concentration Camp, and lastly Minidoka Concentration Camp, and she talks about the living conditions and her experiences at all three locations. She then talks about leaving Minidoka to work at an orchard and experiencing discrimination while traveling to Oregon. Next, Maeda talks about her husband and his parents and their forced removal to Portland detention facility; and her husband’s military service and his war experiences, including his encounters with civilians in Italy. Lastly, Maeda talks about meeting her husband, describes the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and discusses her children and their occupations.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation")
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Tule Lake
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Pinedale
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
00:59:54
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Ontario, Oregon
100th Infantry Battalion
children
European Theater
Executive Order 9066
Farming
Issei
Minidoka
Nisei
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Hideo Harada oral history interview, September 12, 2008
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/938-Harada-Hideo-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Oct 04
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
"Volunteer Evacuation"
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Hid
Location of Basic Training
Fort Warren, Wyoming
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Hideo Harada oral history interview, part 2 of 2, September 12, 2008
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Harada, Hideo: 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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2008OH0938_02_Harada
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H. Harada discusses moving in Pearl Harbor aftermath. He talks about his experiences in the military, being stationed in Panama City working in a hospital. He also talks about his marriage and children, and life after the military. He shares photographs and images of documents too.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Military service--Embarkation
World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation")
Industry and employment--Agriculture
World War II--Military service
World War II--Military service--Discharge
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Minidoka
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
0:58:41
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2008 September 12
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Ontario, Oregon
family
Farming
living conditions
military experience
military travel
Minidoka
Panama City
post-military life
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Hideo Harada oral history interview, September 12, 2008
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/938-Harada-Hideo-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Oct 04
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
"Volunteer Evacuation"
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Hid
Location of Basic Training
Fort Warren, Wyoming
Index
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Yes
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Hideo Harada oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 12, 2008
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Harada, Hideo: 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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2008OH0938_01_Harada
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H. Harada discusses his youth living in Seattle. He talks about his parents and activities they did as a family. He also shares his recollections of of the Pearl Harbor attack and the aftermath he and his family endured.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education--Primary education
Identity and values--Family
Social activities
Industry and employment--Agriculture
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Arrests, searches, and seizures
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:57:47
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2008 September 12
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Ontario, Oregon
childhood
Farming
food
holidays
Japanese culture
Japanese traditions
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
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Kenji Yaguchi oral history interview, September 11, 2008
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/936-Yaguchi-Kenji-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Dec 27
Location of Birth
Tacoma, 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
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
232nd Combat Engineer Company
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Rome-Arno Campaign
Southern France Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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Title
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Kenji Yaguchi oral history interview, part 1 of 3, September 11, 2008
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Yaguchi, Kenji: 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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2008OH0936_01_Yaguchi
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Yaguchi discusses his youth growing up in rural Washington. He talks about his family: father, siblings, stepmother. He discusses memories regarding: raising hogs, high school sports participation, holiday seasons, and Pearl Harbor attack.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Community activities
Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
Education
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Identity and values--Parents
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.
0:57:19
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2008 September 11
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Portland, Oregon
family life
Farming
livestock
living conditions
samurai
sports
Tacoma
widower
-
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James Fujii oral history interview, September 10, 2008
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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 3 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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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0933_03_Fujii
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An account of the resource
James Fujii felt the teachers were instrumental with the move to Nyssa. The teachers protected the Japanese Americans from discrimination. In 1944, James graduated high school. He recalls spending three and a half years in Nyssa during wartime.
In February 1945, James received his Army draft and went to Texas for basic training. Basic training lasted four months, and he went overseas to Germany.
At the end of 1945, James goes overseas to Dorndorf, Germany, for five to six months with the occupation forces. He says Dorndorf, Germany, was rebuilt by the American Army and did not look affected by wartime. It was evident the United States was trying to keep the peace by helping Germany rebuild.
After several months in Germany, James was discharged in 1946. He enrolled in college to learn about agriculture and worked on the family farm. James was married for 40 years to Susie, and they have five children and four grandchildren.
James discusses the contributions of the Japanese Americans during World War Two. James loves the United States and says it is the best place to live.
442nd
basic training
Berlin
children
citizenship
civilians
combat
discrimination
Draft
evacuation
Farming
front lines
Germany
grandchildren
Gresham
high school
Higher education
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
loyalty
Nisei
Oregon
overseas
patriotism
post war
Sansei
siblings
Switzerland
teachers
wife
World War Two
Yonsei
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James Fujii oral history interview, September 10, 2008
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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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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0933_02_Fujii
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An account of the resource
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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Ray Shiiki oral history interview, September 9, 2008
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 Jan 07
Location of Birth
Gresham, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Portland Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka 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 Hood, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Presidio of Monterey, California
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Ray Shiiki oral history interview, part 3 of 3, September 9, 2008
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Shiiki, Ray: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0931_03_Shiiki
Description
An account of the resource
Ray Shiiki is inducted at Fort Douglas, UT then goes to Camp Hood. He is assigned to the Tank Destroyer Outfit. After Camp Hood, he goes to Fort Snelling and is assigned as Supply Sergeant, F Company.
When Fort Snelling disbanded, the soldiers transfer to Presidio, Monterey. At Presidio, Ray remains with F Company and has the same duties at Fort Snelling. On some occasions, he visits San Francisco.
The war ends, and Ray discusses his thought on the atomic bomb dropping in Japan. After being discharged from the Army, Ray does not reenlist.
Post-war, Ray becomes an independent farmer with his brother, Tan. Also, Ray marries Mary Muramatsu and has three children. Ray describes photographs of his family and sports team. Ray values and appreciates his family and friends. He says he is grateful for the opportunity to make an oral history and share his war and camp experiences with future generations.
Army
atomic bombing
baseball
basic training
Block
Camp Hood
children
discharge
discrimination
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm
Farming
Fort Douglas
Fort Snelling
friends
friendships
future generations
grandchildren
Gresham
Hawaiian soldiers
induction
internment
Issei parents
kendo
marriage
Minidoka
Nisei
Nisei legacy
Nisei veterans
oral history
photographs
Portland
post war
Presidio Monterey
relationship
Sansei
sports
World War Two
Yonsei
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Ray Shiiki oral history interview, September 9, 2008
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 Jan 07
Location of Birth
Gresham, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Portland Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka 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 Hood, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Presidio of Monterey, California
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Ray Shiiki oral history interview, part 2 of 3, September 9, 2008
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Shiiki, Ray: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0931_02_Shiiki
Description
An account of the resource
Before the war, Ray Shiiki's parents buy land in Damascus, OR. However, due to the alien land law, the property is under Ray's sister's name. Later Ray's parents discover they have been taken advantage of by a cannery worker.
When evacuation orders are announced, Ray and his family go to the assembly center and then to Minidoka. Ray describes the living conditions and job opportunities.
In camp, Ray plays baseball and makes several friends. Ray values the friendships he developed and maintains in contact with his friends. Ray recalls the loyalty questionnaire and says he is proud to be an American.
When Ray is drafted into the Army, he goes to Camp Hood and then to Fort Snelling. On furlough, he experiences discrimination and shares his feelings of being called a "Jap."
Post-war, Ray and his brother go into farming. Ray says Bob Wilson, Don Schneider, and Carl Graff are influential to his success in the farming industry. In 1990, Ray retired from farming and started herb gardening with his wife and son until 2000.
alien land laws
American citizen
assembly center
baseball
Camp Hood
discharge
discrimination
Draft
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
farming community
Fort Snelling
friendships
Issei parents
Japanese American
living conditions
Minidoka
Nisei
Nisei soldier
Oregon
post war
property
siblings
sports
World War Two
youth organizations
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Ray Shiiki oral history interview, September 9, 2008
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 Jan 07
Location of Birth
Gresham, Oregon
Incarceration Facilities
Portland Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka 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 Hood, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Presidio of Monterey, California
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Ray Shiiki oral history interview, part 1 of 3, September 9, 2008
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Shiiki, Ray: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0931_01_Shiiki
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Ray Gerald Shiiki is born January 7, 1927, in Gresham, Oregon. Ray's parents are from Koga, Japan, and immigrated to the United States. They settled in Oregon. He has three sisters and one brother.
Ray emphasizes the value of family and friendship. He says relationships are important to him. During his school years, he recalls influential teachers and friends that impacted his life.
When Ray is in the seventh grade, he travels to Japan with his mother to visit his ill grandmother. Ray is gone for several months. However, he can catch up with his school assignments. Besides primary school, Ray attends Japanese Language School.
Ray recalls December 7 and going to the assembly center. Ray's family tries to stay together as long as they can. However, they go their separate ways. Ray is drafted and goes to Camp Hood and Fort Snelling.
assembly center
barbed wires
basic training
Camp Hood
Curfew
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
F Company
Farming
Fort Snelling
friendship
influential
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese langauge school
Killed in Action (KIA)
Manchuria
nickname
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
primary school
relatives
sea sickness
siblings
souvenirs
sports
travel
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Title
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Edward Fujii oral history interview, September 7, 2008
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Apr 01
Location of Birth
Gresham, 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
Location of Basic Training
Camp Fannin, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Edward Fujii oral history interview, part 1 of 3, September 7, 2008
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Fujii, Edward: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0924_01_Fujii
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Edward Harumi Fujii is born on April 1, 1923, in Troutdale, OR. Edward's father and mother are from Yamaguchi-Ken, Japan, and they immigrate to the United States. Edward has five brothers and two sisters.
The Fujii family lives in a farming community, and the family all works on the farm. Edward and his siblings attend Troutdale Grade School and Gresham High School.
On December 7, Edward and his family are working on the farm when they hear the news about Pearl Harbor. Edward discusses the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.
The Fujii family goes to the assembly center and later is relocated to Nyssa, OR. When Edward and his family return to Troutdale, he receives his draft notice from the Army.
assembly center
baseball
childhood activities
childhood employment
discrimination
Draft
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
farming community
friends
high school
high school diploma
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American community
Japanese language school
kendo
living conditions
meals
Nisei
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
primary school
property
siblings
sugar beet
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Raymond Shoji Murakami oral history interview, April 16, 2008
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Muramoto served as a member of the 98th Quartermaster Corps.
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/853-Murakami-Raymond-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 May 06
Location of Birth
San Martin, California
Incarceration Facilities
Marysville Temporary Detention Facility
Tule Lake 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 Lewis, Washington
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Raymond Shoji Murakami oral history interview, part 1 of 3, April 16, 2008
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Murakami, Raymond Shoji: 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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2008OH0853_01_Murakami
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Murakami discusses about his family. He details about his childhood. Murakami also discusses about Pearl Harbor, its aftermath, and his experiences in Marysville Temporary Detention Center.
Subject
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Identity and values--Family
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Marysville
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
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1:00:27
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 April 16
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Falls Church, Virginia
buddhist
discrimination
evacuation
Farming
Immigration Act of 1924
Japan
Kumamoto
living conditions
Marysville Temporary Detention Center
music
New Years
obon
Pearl Harbor
privacy
radio
-
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Grant Hayao Ichikawa oral history interview, April 15, 2008
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/851-Ichikawa-Grant-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Apr 17
Location of Birth
Suisun City, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River 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
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Australia (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)
Philippine Islands
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
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Yes
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Grant Hayao Ichikawa oral history interview, part 1 of 3, April 15, 2008
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Ichikawa, Grant Hayao: narrator
Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0851_01_Ichikawa
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Ichikawa begins the interview giving background details of his family and their farm in the Suisun Valley in California. Next, he discusses various parts of his childhood including values, Japanese language school and working for the Mayfield family, learning to be a house boy. Following this, he speaks about his college education at UC Berkeley and working as house boy for the Bellamy family. After graduation, Ichikawa decided to stray from his accounting degree and open a fruit farm, which he did until Pearl Harbor and the evacuation orders. After the forced removal, the Ichikawa family went to the Turlock Assembly Center where they awaited the next move to Gila River.
Subject
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Identity and values--Family
Education
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Turlock
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:59:14
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 April 15
Spatial Coverage
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Fairfax, Virginia
81st Division
assembly center
California
Christianity
college
department store
Farming
forced march
fruit farming
Issei parents
Japanese langauge school
Pearl Harbor
renunciation of citizenship
temporary detention center
Turlock
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Kenichi Muranaga oral history interview, October 22, 2007
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 24
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
Granada (Amache) 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
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
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Kenichi Muranaga oral history interview, part 2 of 3, October 22, 2007
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Muranaga, Kenichi: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2007OH0818_02_Muranaga
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Kenichi and Kiyoshi Muranaga leave Amache to work on a sugar beet farm. Kenichi describes their living accommodations and their duties at the farm. Their father also has a job but he works in the mess hall at Amache.
In 1944, Kiyoshi volunteers for the 442nd. Kenichi and Yoshiro also want to volunteer, but Kiyoshi says one person from their family is enough. Their mother agrees.
At Amache, a loyalty questionnaire is given to the internees. Kenichi explains his thoughts on the questions and what is a no-no boy. Although, Santa Anita and Amache's security is almost the same. Kenchi says you can leave Amache to go to work. Sometimes Kenichi goes to the nearest city Granada for entertainment.
In camp, Kenichi receives his draft notice and reports to Fort Logan for induction. After, he goes to Camp Blanding for his basic training. While in basic training, Kenichi gets news of his brother Kiyoshi's death. Kenichi returns to Amache for the funeral service.
When Kenichi goes overseas, he understands what war is. He sees causalities first hand. He describes Champagne Campaign, Bruyeres, and the Gothic Line. At the end of the war, Kenichi has a chance to join the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). However, he decides to return to the States and get married.
Post-war, Kenichi marries Yoshiko, and they have been married for 60 years. He works a few jobs before owning seven laundromats.
100th
442nd
Amache
basic training
Bruyeres
business
Camp Blanding
casualties
Champagne Campaign
convoy
correspondence
dances
dating
Draft
employment
Executive Order 9066
Farming
friends
German soldiers
Gothic Line
guard towers
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
induction
interment camp
Issei
Issei father
Italy
Japanese American
Japanese American soldier
job
Killed in Action (KIA)
Lost Battalion
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Mainland soldiers
married
mortar
mortar squad
Nisei
Nisei soldier
No-no boys
Po Valley
post war
replacement
seasick
Social activities
Southern France
sugar beet
surrender
uniform
World War Two
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007
Oral History
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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 2 of 4, October 15, 2007
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Miyasaki, Minoru: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0817_02_Miyasaki
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Minoru Miyasaki recalls the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. When President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, Minoru and his family went to Tanforan on a Greyhound Bus. The Miyasaki family left their belongings with Mr. Driscoll. However, in 1946 when Minoru's father returned to the farm, Mr. Driscoll had leased the land and home to someone else.
On the day of the evacuation, the Japanese American families living in Irvington met at the school ground and went to Tanforan on the Greyhound bus. Minoru describes the living conditions in the horse stables and assembling their straw mattress.
Minoru and his family left Tanforan after a few months, and they were sent to Topaz, Utah, by train. Arriving at Topaz, there were barbed wires and guard towers at Topaz. Minoru describes the living conditions and life in the camp. Besides attending classes, Minoru worked clearing the sagebrush.
In Topaz, a loyalty questionnaire was given to all the internees. Minoru's father did not answer questions 27 and 28 and was sent to Tule Lake. Minoru went to Tule Lake to visit his father, but he left for farming in Idaho with George and Harry. After Minoru was reclassified 1A, he was drafted into the Military. Minoru remembered leaving Topaz at night to Fort Douglas due to the Kibeis.
At Fort Douglas, Minoru took his physical exam and requested to join the Air Force. Minoru was declined for the Air Force but was accepted for the Military. Later Minoru went to Camp Shelby and was shocked by how different it is from California. After weeks of training, Minoru picked up the Hawaiian language.
Post-war, Minoru revisited Topaz, Utah, and saw a plaque with the names who served in the Military. However, many names were missing including Minoru and his brothers. There was a petition to add the missing names.
4C classification
Air Force
alien land laws
assembly center
barbed wire
Barracks
basic training
black out
bus
Camp Shelby
desert
enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
Fort Douglas
guard towers
Hawaiian
Hawaiian identity
Hawaiian Pidgin
horse stables
Idaho
Issei
Issei father
Japanese American
job
kibei
living conditions
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Mainland
Mainland soldiers
master sergeant
movies
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
post war
radio
restrictions
school
segregated unit
segregation
siblings
sports
surrender
Tanforan
Topaz
train
Tule Lake
voting
World War Two
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Yoshiro Tokiwa oral history interview, October 14, 2007
Oral History
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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 2 of 3, October 14, 2007
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Tokiwa, Yoshiro: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0815_02_Tokiwa
Description
An account of the resource
When Pearl Harbor is bombed on December 7, 1941, the lives of the Tokiwa family change. Yoshiro Tokiwa discusses the aftermath of the attack.
Few days after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese Americans' status changes to 4C, enemy aliens. In addition, there are restrictions such as traveling and curfew hours.
Yoshiro recalls preparing and leaving for evacuation when President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066. The Tokiwa family goes to the Salinas Assembly Center and then to Poston, Arizona. Yoshiro says they are only allowed to bring what they can carry.
At Poston, Yoshiro works as a security guard and then in the agriculture department. In camp, all the internees are given a loyalty questionnaire. Yoshiro explains the no-no boys and deportation.
In 1944, Yoshiro is drafted. He shares his experience of being inducted and going to basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Yoshiro discusses the segregation in Mississippi.
At the end of Yoshiro's military career, he is a Technician 5th Grade (Corporal level). Yoshiro is discharged from the Army in January 1947, from Camp Beale, CA.
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
171st
171st Infantry Battalion
442nd
4C classification
Arizona
assembly center
Barracks
basic training
Camp Beale
Camp Shelby
detention facility
discrimination
discrimination in the military
Draft
employment
enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm
farmer
Farming
farming community
FBI
Fort Douglas
induction
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese values
job
living conditions
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
loyalty questions
Nisei
No-no boys
patriotism
Pearl Harbor
physical
Poston
Salinas Assembly Center
segregated unit
segregation
train
travel
uniforms
World War Two
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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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Tokiwa, Yoshiro: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0815_01_Tokiwa
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An account of the resource
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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The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
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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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, October 14, 2007
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Oct 09
Location of Birth
Loomis, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River 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
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, part 4 of 4, October 14, 2007
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Uchimoto, Dan: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
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2007OH0813_04_Uchimoto
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Dan Uchimoto discusses the effects of war and the atomic bomb. He shares his opinion of having a military career for future generations. Dan feels going to college and educating yourself is the best thing you can do for yourself.
Dan is discharged in the fall of 1946. Post-war, Dan goes back to Berkeley to get his master's degree in food science for wine fermentation. He works many jobs before working at the State Department of Health Services as an industrial hygiene chemist until he retires (after twenty-plus years).
Dan is married and has a son. Dan talks about the loyal questionnaire and citizenship.
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The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
atomic bomb
civilian casualties
dating
discharge
discrimination
Draft
employment
family
Farming
farming community
homecoming
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Loyalty Questionnaire
loyalty questions
Nisei
Nisei soldier
Nisei veterans
post war
son
wedding
World War Two
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, October 14, 2007
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Oct 09
Location of Birth
Loomis, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River 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
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, part 3 of 4, October 14, 2007
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Uchimoto, Dan: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0813_03_Uchimoto
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In Iowa, Dan Uchimoto receives a draft notice from the Army and leaves Loras College. Dan's parents leave camp voluntarily and resettle in the East. However, some people stay in camp until World War Two ends. A family friend tells Dan's parents about a job opportunity for a family in Westerville, Ohio. Dan's parents move to Ohio and work for a retired General Motors executive.
Dan goes to Camp Blanding, Jacksonville, Florida, for basic training. Basic training is for seventeen weeks long. In Florida, Dan learns about Jim Crow and segregation. Dan shares a story about racism.
He goes to northern Italy in 1945. Dan is assigned to the Rifle Platoon, Company C, 100th Battalion. The 442nd at the time has lost hundreds of men in the Bruyeres Campaign and are resting in Menton while waiting for replacements. Dan joins the 442nd in January 1945. In April 1945, they go to Northern Italy for the final push.
Dan recalls Platoon Sergeant Burt Tanaka allowing him to switch assignments. Three days later, Dan leaves the Riflemen Platoon and joins is in the Weapons Platoon as an ammunition carrier.
During the war in Italy, Dan carries a magazine with him that brings him comfort during combat. He discusses the disadvantages in the Italian Campaign and the life of an Army soldier during wartimes.
When the German soldiers surrender, Dan's company is assigned to guard the prisoners of war. Dan gets to know some of them and says they are nice people. For his service in the Army, Dan receives a Combat Infantryman Badge for 90 days of combat. He also receives a badge for his efforts in the Italian Campaign. In 1945, the atomic bomb is drop-in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, and Dan is still in Italy. Dan is not discharged until 1946.
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
442nd
Army
artillery barrage
artillery fire
artillery shells
atomic bomb
badge
basic training
Bruyeres-Biffontaine
Camp Blanding
Camp Kilmer
civilians
college
colored
combat infantryman badge
Company C
Draft
Farming
foxhole
France
Gila River
Higher education
induction
induction center
injury
Issei
Issei parents
Italy
Japanese American soldier
Jim Crow
killed in aciton
Leghorn (Livorno)
light weapons
marching
mortar
Nisei
Nisei solider
Ohio
pass
physical
platoon
platoon sergeant
Prisoners of War (POWs)
private first class
riflemen
segregation
serial number
sleep
uniforms
voyage
weapons
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, October 14, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Oct 09
Location of Birth
Loomis, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River 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
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
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Dan Uchimoto oral history interview, part 2 of 4, October 14, 2007
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Uchimoto, Dan: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0813_02_Uchimoto
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An account of the resource
Dan Uchimoto explains the meaning of his last name "Uchimoto" in Japanese. In Japan, "Uchimoto" means original home. "Uchi" means a kind of home, "Moto" means original home or basic home. Besides farming, Dan's parents have two additional businesses. A goldfish business, and a single gas pump station.
At an early age, Dan has many responsibilities beyond his years. He works in the family business and cares for his siblings. Life is a struggle, but Dan is grateful for the learning opportunities.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI takes away Dan's father to a detention center. Then evacuation orders are announced. Dan leaves the University of California, Berkeley, during his sophomore year and goes to camp with his mother. Dan and his mother go to Turlock and then Gila River. Dan's brother goes to Swarthmore College and his sister, Amy attends Boston University for a year.
Dan leaves camp to continue his education. He attends Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He describes his college and Berkeley years and working part-time.
In camp, Dan is given a questionnaire. He explains the answers "no-no" and "yes-yes". Dan answers "yes-yes" and that makes him eligible for being drafted. Dan receives his draft notice when he is at Loras College.
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Barracks
Berkeley
car
childhood employment
college
community involvement
community organizations
Crystal City
detention facility
discrimination
Draft
European Theater
evacuation
evacuation orders
Executive Order 9066
family business
farm
Farming
farming community
FBI
friends
friendship
Gila River
guard towers
Higher education
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
living conditions
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
post war
relocation camps
Russia
schoolboy
World War Two
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Ko Stanley Sameshima oral history interview, October 13, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Dec 06
Location of Birth
Long Beach, California
Branch of Service
Army
Air Force
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Presidio of Monterey, California
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Philippine Islands
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Ko Stanley Sameshima oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 13, 2007
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Sameshima, Ko Stanley: 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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2007OH0812_01_Sameshima
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An account of the resource
Ko Stanley Sameshima is born December 6, 1921, in Long Beach, California. Ko's parents are Issei from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His father immigrates to the United States at seventeen years old with dreams of a better future with his younger brother.
Later, Ko's father goes to Japan to get married and returns to the United States. Ko recalls his childhood in Los Angeles, CA. Ko's home life is minimalistic and his parent works hard to provide for their three children (Ko, Chiko, and Akira). Ko describes his father as the disciplinarian and his mother as nurturing. They are very proud of their children.
The success of Sameshima's produce market allows the family to travel to Japan during the Great Depression. For six months the Sameshima family live in Japan. Ko shares his experience of attending a Japanese School.
After returning from Japan, Ko's parents restart their produce market. Ko describes the Crenshaw district during that period.
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The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
Child rearing
childhood
childhood activities
childhood home
discrimination
family business
farm
Farming
Great Depression
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese identity and values
Japanese school
living conditions
Nisei
photographs
picture bride
produce
produce market
Racism
school
siblings
travel
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Leo Morishita oral history interview, September 11, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Dec 24
Location of Birth
Shelley, Idaho
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
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Leo Morishita oral history interview, part 2 of 4, September 11, 2007
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Morishita, Leo: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0807_02_Morishita
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Leo Morishita gives a little fun fact about his last name Morishita. Morishita means underwood in English. Before his high school graduation, on December 7, Leo is at the Japanese American Citizen League (JACL) planning on an early Christmas party. The Sheriff advises everyone to go home for safety.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, there are some restrictions in place. One of them being curfew time. Leo's basketball coach has to get a permit for Leo to be out past curfew to participate in the basketball game. Later, President Truman signs Executive Order 9066 placing thousands of Japanese Americans into camp. Leo discusses the effects of EO9066 and his family in Salinas, California. Leo's family farm also is searched by the FBI.
Before volunteering for service, Leo attends Northern Montana College for a year. The Morishita family is proud of Kenzo, Leo, and Yukata for joining the Army. The Morishita brothers are inducted at Fort Douglas, Utah. Leo does don't leave at the same time with his brothers because of his feet. Leo joins Kenzo and Yutaka six weeks later at Camp Shelby.
At Camp Shelby, Leo does nine months of basic training, He describes the different training he learns and the discrimination in the South. Even though there is discrimination, there is one kind person Leo meets. He shares his story about Earl Finch and his acts of kindness towards the Nisei.
Overseas, Leo lands in Naples, Italy, and learns there is a need for riflemen. He is no longer a medic. Leo is given a browning automatic rifle.
100th
171st Infantry Battalion
442nd
Air Corps
basic training
camp
Camp Shelby
Curfew
discrimination
Executive Order 9066
farm
Farming
high school
Higher education
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese American soldiers
Japanese language school
machine gunner
marching
medic
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
overseas
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
physical
Racism
relatives
restrictions
rifleman
segregated unit
segregation
siblings
sports
travel
university
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Gary Uchida oral history interview, April 1, 2003
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/338-Uchida-Gary-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1914 Mar 15
Location of Birth
Waimea (Kauai), 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 McCoy, Wisconsin
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
Campaigns/Battles
North Africa Deployment
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Index
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Yes
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Gary Uchida oral history interview, part 1 of 4, April 1, 2003
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Uchida, Gary: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2003OH0338_01_Uchida
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:26:17
Language
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eng
Date
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2003 April 01
Spatial Coverage
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Description
An account of the resource
Uchida recalls his childhood on Kawaii, first employments working in sugar cane fields, and eventual move to Honolulu at the age of 18 to live with his sister. There he found work at the Halekulani Hotel near Waikiki Beach where he remained an employee for 44 years. Uchida also discusses his favorite subjects in school, playing baseball and football, and reminisces about memorable fishing outings.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Veteran history
Industry and employment
Identity and values
employment
Farming
fishing
Honolulu
hotel
Kawaii
Kumamoto
school
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Arthur Warren Cunningham oral history interview, September 7, 2007
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/797-Cunningham-Arthur-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 06
Location of Birth
Virginia
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Wheeler, Georgia
Unit of Service
141st Infantry Regiment
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Index
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Yes
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Arthur Warren Cunningham oral history interview, part 1 of 3, September 7, 2007
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Cunningham, Arthur Warren: 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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2007OH0797_01_Cunningham
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Cunningham and the interviewers introduce themselves. Cunningham talks about his parents. He describes his mother's physical appearance. He discusses his physical appearance. He talks about his mother and his siblings. He describes his relationship with his mother. He discusses his chores on his family farm. He talks about going fishing. He talks about his grandfather's service during the Civil War. He discusses his mother's remarriage and his stepfather. He describes his family's farm and house. He briefly talks about primary school. Cunningham describes winters in Tennessee. He talks about his involvement in sports. He describes his work on the family farm. He discusses the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Aftermath. He talks about joining the military. He describes the Civilian Conservation Corps. He discusses Franklin Delano Roosevelt's legacy. He talks about his basic training. He describes his journey to Europe. He discusses the first time he took enemy fire and his first time in combat. He talks about the first person KIA from his unit. He explains his amphibious training. He explains the difficulties associated with landing on the beach. He describes his travel through Europe. He discusses finding an underground fortress full of German soldiers.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Social activities
Education
World War II--European Theater
World War II--Military service
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:59:00
Language
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eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2007 September 07
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
San Antonio, Texas
141st Infantry Battalion
enemy fire
family
Farming
landing craft
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
siblings
Tennessee
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Noel Tsuneishi oral history interview, February 22, 2003
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/328-Tsuneishi-Noel-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 25
Location of Birth
Monrovia, California
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
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Index
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Yes
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Noel Tsuneishi oral history interview, part 3 of 8, February 22, 2003
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Tsuneishi, Noel: narrator
Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2003OH0328_03_Tsuneishi
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Tsuneishi discusses more of his childhood including nicknames, Christianity and Sunday school. Next, he talks about facing discrimination, giving an anecdote of going to a barber shop and being asked to leave. After that, he speaks about Pearl Harbor and the aftermath.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Race--Discrimination
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Pomona
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:46
Language
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eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2003 February 22
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
barber shop
Christianity
discrimination
Farming
FBI
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Pomona Temporary Detention Center
Shikata ga nai
suitcase
Sunday school
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Noel Tsuneishi oral history interview, February 22, 2003
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/328-Tsuneishi-Noel-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 25
Location of Birth
Monrovia, California
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
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Index
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Yes
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Title
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Noel Tsuneishi oral history interview, part 1 of 8, February 22, 2003
Creator
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Tsuneishi, Noel: narrator
Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2003OH0328_01_Tsuneishi
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Tsuneishi begins his interview going through his family background, speaking about his father and mother and their journeys to Monrovia. Next, he talks about his responsibilities growing up on a farm and the recreational activities. After that, he discusses the different values he learned from his parents and later, seeing the differences in culture on a trip to Japan.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Industry and employment
Social activities
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.
0:28:10
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2003 February 22
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
family
Farming
gaman
haiku
Kochi-ken
Monrovia
Monrovia High School
poetry
USC
values
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Harry Kubo oral history interview, January 26, 2003
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/326-Kubo-Harry-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Apr 14
Location of Birth
San Francisco, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Robinson, Arkansas
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Leyte Campaign
Luzon Campaign
New Guinea Campaign
Index
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Yes
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Harry Kubo oral history interview, part 1 of 6, January 26, 2003
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Kubo, Harry: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2003OH0326_01_Kubo
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Kubo begins the interview talking about his family background, starting with his grandparents and then talking about his parents who met in the United States as his mother was a picture bride. At the age of four, he would move to Japan, to go to school and help out on the rice farm that his mother was working at. After he finished high school, he would return to the United States, where he would attend a few more months of school before starting to work on farms in California. He would receive his draft notice but defer his induction as he had to get an appendicitis, but would end up joining following Pearl Harbor.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Japan--Pre-World War II
Industry and employment
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.
0:27:26
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2003 January 26
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
appendicitis
atomic bomb
California
divorce
draft notice
family
Farming
high school
Hiroshima
Japan
Japanese Army
picture bride
pole vaulting
population
rice farm
ROTC
San Francisco
siblings
values
-
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Kameo Toyota oral history interview, November 17, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/318-Toyota-Kameo-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1917 Oct 25
Location of Birth
Modesto, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Kam
Location of Basic Training
Fort Ord, California
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Index
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Yes
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Kameo Toyota oral history interview, part 1 of 5, November 17, 2002
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Toyota, Kameo: narrator
Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0318_01_Toyota
Description
An account of the resource
Toyota discusses his parents immigration to the United States, his childhood and his military service. Toyota's Father is a trained as a carpenter in Japan and when he migrates to America, he becomes a barber and a farmer. During the Great Depression Toyota's Father teaches the family to barber to make money. The Toyota family lived in Modesto, CA before moving to Gilroy, CA for farming opportunity.
In Toyota's early years he recalls discrimination. As a child he would swim in irrigation rivers because Japanese Americans are not allowed to swim in the public pools. He also recollects his oldest brother born in Japan is not allow to immigrate to the United States due to the Immigration Law in 1924.
In 1940, the Peace Time Draft is in effect and the first ten numbers are to enlist for service. Toyota is the third number to be called by President Roosevelt. Toyota remembers the Japanese American Community providing a big send for the Nisei. The first ten drafts are Nisei and they go to Fort Ord. Toyota is assign to 7th Division; Mechanized Calvary Unit and drives an armor scout car four wheel drive fully armor with machine gun.
When Pearl Harbor is attack, Toyota is in service and recalls hearing about the attack during a basketball tournament. Part of his duty during the war is to scout up and down the Pacific Coast for Japanese submarine. Later The Japanese American soldiers' guns are taken away and ship to Michigan.
Simultaneous at this time when Toyota is getting ready to be ship, his family is getting ready for evacuation to Salinas. From the stress of events, Toyota's Mother has a stroke. His family is later related to Poston. He is unable to see his Mother years later.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Identity and values--Family
World War II--Military service--Basic training
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The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:29:06
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eng
Date
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2002 November 17
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Fresno, California
basic training
discrimination
Draft
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
Fort Ord
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American soldiers
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
segregation
war
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Tony Miyasako oral history interview, October 22, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/312-Miyasako-Tony-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Jan 11
Location of Birth
Parma, Idaho
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Index
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Yes
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Tony Miyasako oral history interview, part 3 of 3, October 22, 2002
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Miyasako, Tony: narrator
Okinaka, Bobby: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0312_03_Miyasako
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Miyasako discusses about his experiences in France. He details about his friends, his experiences Italy, and his duties as a company clerk. Miyasako also discusses about his life after returning home.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
World War II--European Theater
World War II--Veteran history
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:33
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
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2002 October 22
Spatial Coverage
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Las Vegas, Nevada
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
European Theater
family
Farming
France
Italy
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Warren Tamura oral history interview, October 22, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/311-Tamura-Warren-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Jul 04
Location of Birth
Caldwell, Idaho
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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Warren Tamura oral history interview, part 4 of 4, October 22, 2002
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Tamura, Warren: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0311_04_Tamura
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:16:24
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 October 22
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Description
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Tamura describes post-War life in the United States, both moving to different military installations and his return to civilian life. He describes his attempt to revive the family truck farming business, but it proved unprofitable so he farmed alfalfa with his wife. He took a second job working in a fertilizer factory while his wife also took work at a hospital. He then describes his family life and parting thoughts for the future generations.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Japanese Americans--Post-World War II
Identity and values--Family
Industry and employment
alfalfa
children
family
Farming
fertilizer
football
prejudices
racial discrimination
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Warren Tamura oral history interview, October 22, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/311-Tamura-Warren-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Jul 04
Location of Birth
Caldwell, Idaho
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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Title
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Warren Tamura oral history interview, part 1 of 4, October 22, 2002
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Tamura, Warren: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0311_01_Tamura
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:28:55
Language
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enf
Date
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2002 October 22
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Tamura discusses his parents' separate backgrounds coming from Hiroshima to the United States and the lives they established in Idaho. He and his older siblings assisted in the family's truck gardening business which was very demanding. Other topics discussed are language and cuisine; holidays, and the pleasure of visiting and staying overnight at neighbors' homes, Last in this segment, Tamura discusses various sporting activities such as duck and pheasant hunting and playing football.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Identity and values
Social activities
English
Farming
Hiroshima
Issei parents
Japanese
neighbors
New Year's
Tenchōsetsu
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Mary Oda oral history interview, September 15, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/306-Oda-Mary-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Mar 15
Location of Birth
Sanger, California
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar Concentration Camp
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Civilian
Index
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Yes
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Mary Oda oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 15, 2002
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Oda, Mary: narrator
Sato-Yamazaki, Christine: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0306_02_Oda
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M. Oda talks about racial tensions in California before and after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She also talks about her family members that died while in Manzanar Concentration Camp. In addition there are anecdotes regarding: how her father acquired farmland, her education in adolescence, and cultural events she attended as a child.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Law and legislation--Alien land laws--California
Race--Discrimination
Social activities
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal recollections
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Medical care and health issues
Industry and employment--Agriculture
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.
0:50:51
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 September 15
anti-Japanese
Community leaders
culture
death
Farming
FBI
Japanese identity and values
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
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Misuo John and Miyo Fujikawa oral history interview, September 15, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/305-Fujikawa-John-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Feb 21
Location of Birth
San Francisco, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Moose
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Camp Savage, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Australia (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section)
New Guinea Campaign
Index
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Yes
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Title
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Misuo John Fujikawa oral history interview, part 1 of 6, September 15, 2002
Creator
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Fujikawa, Misuo John: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0305_01_Fujikawa
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An account of the resource
Fujikawa begins the interview talking about his family background and how his family moved from San Francisco down to Los Angeles with the changing of the crops. There, he would be raised as a Christian and attend Japanese language school. He talks about his education and his identity as a Japanese American in a Japanese populated area.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Social activities
Education
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.
0:28:44
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 September 15
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
arranged marriage
California
childhood home
Christianity
Christmas
education
family
Farming
friends
Hawaii
holidays
identity
Japanese American
Japanese language school
neighborhood
produce market
religion
San Francisco
values
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Lillian Matsudaira oral history interview, August 25, 2007
Oral History
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Nov 26
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Civilian
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Lillian Matsudaira oral history interview, part 1 of 3, August 25, 2007
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Matsudaira, Lilian: 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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2007OH0792_01_Matsudaira
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An account of the resource
Lillian Matsudaira describes life before the war and remembers how her mother would make Udon. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a curfew is in effect for Japanese Americans to return home early. Lillian also speaks about differentiating between Chinese and Japanese Americans. The Chinese children would wear a button to identify they are Chinese.
Lillian identifies with her Japanese heritage, but after the war, she realizes there is a need to emphasize being American. She recalls three individuals that show support to the Japanese American Community and her family.
Lillian and her family are sent to Puyallup and Minidoka. She describes the living conditions and life behind barb wires. At Minidoka, she meets John Matsudaira. John volunteers for service and leaves in June 1943. They stay in contact through correspondences.
Lillian leaves camp and goes to Ohio and Philadelphia to reunite with her sisters Fran and Ruby.
assembly center
Barracks
buddhist
Camp Shelby
Catholicism
correspondence
cultural identity
Curfew
education
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
friend
friendships
games
Japanese American
Japanese traditions
living conditions
Minidoka
movie
potato
Puyallup Assembly Center
recognition
showers
Social activities
sports
Sugar beets
volunteer
World War Two
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Robert Satoshi Sato oral history interview, July 28, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/298-Sato-Robert-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Apr 12
Location of Birth
Firwood, 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
Bob
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Index
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Yes
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Title
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Robert Satoshi Sato oral history interview, part 3 of 6, July 28, 2002
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Sato, Robert Satoshi: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0298_03_Sato
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An account of the resource
Sato and his family would be evacuated from their farm, and moved to a temporary detention center in Puyallup, called Camp Harmony. He talks about the lack of privacy and the barbed wire that surrounded the area. After this, they would be moved again, but this time to a more permanent location at Minidoka Concentration Camp. He talks about the actions that lead to the executive order, including Yellow peril and certain congressmen not getting supported. After this, he talks about being transported by train to Idaho, with the shades drawn, and seeing nothing around at all but mountains. He talks more about the living conditions of the barracks and finding work as a swamper, while attending high school. He would then be drafted into the Army, heading to Fort Douglas for his induction.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Minidoka
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Puyallup
World War II--Military service--Recruiting and enlisting
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.
0:29:42
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 July 28
barbed wire
camp harmony
Camp Shelby
Congress
draft notice
dust storms
enemy alien
evacuation
Farming
Fort Douglas
high school
Idaho
induction
Issei parents
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
Minidoka Concentration Center
privacy
Puyallup Temporary Detention Center
swamper
trains
transportation
yellow peril
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Robert Satoshi Sato oral history interview, July 28, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/298-Sato-Robert-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Apr 12
Location of Birth
Firwood, 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
Bob
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Robert Satoshi Sato oral history interview, part 1 of 6, July 28, 2002
Creator
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Sato, Robert Satoshi: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0298_01_Sato
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An account of the resource
Robert Sato begins the interview talking about his family and how they came from Kagoshima prefecture in Japan and settled in Washington state. He gives more in depth background on his father and mother, telling of the discipline they had, the foods they enjoyed and the values they were taught. Next, he gives background on his siblings. As his family was in the farming business, he gives detail about that as well, also talking about the Japanese American community in Washington.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Identity and values--American Japanese
Industry and employment
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.
0:29:13
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 July 28
community
discipline
family
Farming
foods
Great Depression
Japan
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese Americans
Kagoshima
kendo
Minidoka Concentration Center
picnics
Puyallup Temporary Detention Center
shame
vegetables
Washington
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Minoru Tsubota oral history interview, July 27, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/297-Tsubota-Minoru-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Dec 01
Location of Birth
Kent, Washington
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Min
Location of Basic Training
Camp Roberts, California
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Central Europe Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Champagne Campaign
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Rome-Arno Campaign
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Minoru Tsubota oral history interview, part 1 of 7, July 27, 2002
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Tsubota, Minoru: 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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2002OH0297_01_Tsubota
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Mr. Tsubota introduces himself and discusses his parents background and what brought them to settle in Kent, Washington. There was a strong Japanese community in Kent, and Mr. Tsubota talks about the various cultural activities his family took part in. The Tsubotas suffered many deaths in the family, with Mr. Tsubota describing losing several siblings as well as his father at a young age. Mr. Tsubota discusses values passed onto him by his parents and describes making friends through his involvement with the school band.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--American Japanese
Immigration and citizenship
Industry and employment--Agriculture
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.
0:29:29
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 July 27
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Seattle, Washington
childhood
family
Farming
Issei parents
Japanese culture
Japanese language school
Seattle
-
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Noboru Kawamoto oral history interview, June 28, 2007
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/779-Kawamoto-Noboru-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 May 20
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Fannin, Texas
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Noboru Kawamoto oral history interview, part 1 of 3, June 28, 2007
Creator
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Kawamoto, Noboru: narrator
Miyamoto, P.: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0779_01_Kawamoto
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Kawamoto discusses his youth and early adulthood in Kaimuki, Hawaii. He talks about his family's living conditions and his recollections of the Pearl Harbor. He also talks about how his mother was widowed before his birth and how his older half siblings moved to Japan to be raised by his maternal grandmother.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
Industry and employment
Identity and values--Issei
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Race--Race relations
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
0:55:59
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2007 June 28
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Honolulu, Hawaii
childhood
family concerns
Farming
Hawaiian Nisei
Issei parents
longshoreman
Rural communities
widow
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Virgil Westdale oral history interview, June 30, 2002
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Jan 08
Location of Birth
Millersburg, Indiana
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
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Central Europe Campaign
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Virgil Westdale oral history interview, part 1 of 7, June 30, 2002
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Westdale, Virgil: narrator
Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0292_01_Westdale
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Westdale discusses his family and upbringing. He details about joining the Army Air Corps and his experiences in the Corps. Westdale also discusses about December 7, 1941 and the sentiment towards the Japanese in America.
Subject
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Military service
Identity and values--Family
Industry and employment--Agriculture
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:29:08
Language
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eng
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2002-06-30
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Chicago, Illinois
Army Air Corps
childhood activities
family
Farming
flying
hobbies
upbringing
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Sukeo Oji oral history interview, May 26, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/285-Oji-Skeets-7.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 7 of 7, May 26, 2002
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Oji, Sukeo: narrator
Yee, Govan: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0285_07_Oji
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Sukeo “Skeets” Oji worked for 42 years in the military and federal civil service. His hard work was due to his parent's upbringing. Skeets' mother was a picture bride who immigrated to the United States. She gave birth to eight children and raised them to the best ability. Although she was busy with household chores, she made time for the kids. Skeets' father was a hard worker and showed him how to be disciplined. The family had some hard times together, but they worked together to thrive. Currently, Skeets works in his garden which reminds him of his father who was a farmer.
One of Skeets' immediate daughters completed school and worked at a successful accounting firm. The other daughter was like Skeets and worked on the personnel side in the military. Skeets' wife's daughters have jobs and a good life.
After their children are all grown up, Skeets and his wife are enjoying being grandparents to their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Skeets discusses a plan for going on a cruise with his grandchildren. Skeets' wife has been a wonderful companion and strength to him. After Skeets retired, they traveled to many places. Skeets and his wife plan to travel to Japan to visit relatives and friends.
Skeets was active with several organizations, one of them being the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). They want to educate others about the contribution of the Niseis during World War Two. MIS has prepared a teacher's guide and a film called Uncommon Courage to teach future generations.
For the next project, they were granted a large fund to establish a website to share over 200 interviews of the Nisei veterans with the public. The MIS Association in Northern California had been established 80 years now. They are planning to restructure the organization not as a veteran organization but as a social organization.
family
farmer
Farming
film
future generations
grandchildren
Great Depression
great grandchildren
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese American community
Japanese values
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Nisei legacy
Nisei soldiers
Nisei veteran organizations
Nisei veterans
resisters
retirement
Sansei
siblings
travel (leisure)
World War Two
Yonsei
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Sukeo Oji oral history interview, May 26, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0285_02_Oji
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An account of the resource
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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Sukeo Oji oral history interview, May 26, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/285-Oji-Skeets-1.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 1 of 7, May 26, 2002
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Oji, Sukeo: narrator
Yee, Govan: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0285_01_Oji
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Sukeo "Skeets" Oji was born on February 24, 1918, in Sacramento, CA. He got his nickname Skeets because Sukeo was hard to pronounce. Skeets' father, Ozo Oji, was a hard-working man. He immigrated to the United States by himself from Hiroshima, Japan. Skeets' father found a job working on the railroad but later started farming. Not being able to return to Japan, his father decided to marry a picture bride, Skeets’ mother, Sujino Kiso. Skeets has seven siblings.
The late 1920s was the Great Depression, and everyone struggled to survive. Farmers were making about ten cents an hour. In the 1930s, the family moved to Perkins (east of Sacramento). Their family friend suggested to Skeets' father to venture into hops. However, that venture failed.
During Skeets' elementary school years, he attended Japanese Language School. When the family moved to Perkins, he attended Sacramento High School. He was active in sports and participated in a Nisei football league. In 1936, Skeets graduated high school and applied to Sacramento Junior College after a year of farming.
Living in Perkins, their farm was near a naval air forces base. Skeets recalls seeing the airplanes fly by and aspired to be an aviator and an officer of the United States Army. In early 1940, the United States was preparing for war. A civilian pilot program was offered at school, and Skeets was accepted into the program. After completing the first and second phases, he was waiting for the third phase, instrument flying and long distant country flying. However, Skeets did not complete his training because Skeets got drafted into the Army. On November 6, 1941, Skeets reported to Presidio Monterey for induction.
aviation
college
Draft
engineering
family
farm labor
Farming
farming community
flying lessons
Great Depression
Higher education
Hiroshima
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Nisei
picture bride
primary school
Prohibition
school
siblings
sports
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Kaoru Masuda oral history interview, April 28, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/277-Masuda-Kaoru-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Apr 28
Location of Birth
San Francisco, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Carl
Location of Basic Training
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Index
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Yes
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Kaoru Masuda oral history interview, part 1 of 6, April 28, 2002
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Masuda, Kaoru: narrator
Demonteverde, Marie: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0277_01_Masuda
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Masuda talks about his early life in Pleasanton, California. He talks about his father and mother. He discusses his father's immigration to the United States. He describes his visits to Japan. He talks about his siblings. Masuda explains why his family joined a farming colony. He talks about farming in Cortez, California. He describes his experiences in primary school and high school.
Subject
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Identity and values--Family
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Education
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:26:37
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 April 28
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Merced, California
colony
Cortez
family
Farming
Japan
Livingston
Pleasanton
primary school
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Kenso Miyamoto oral history interview, April 28, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/276-Miyamoto-Kenso-5.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1916 Apr 11
Location of Birth
Lincoln, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Ken
Location of Basic Training
Camp Robinson, Arkansas
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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Kenso Miyamoto oral history interview, part 5 of 5, April 28, 2002
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Miyamoto, Kenso: narrator
Shoho, Stephanie: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0276_05_Miyamoto
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:19:07
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 April 28
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Merced, California
Description
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Miyamoto describes learning about the War's end while in Italy when a military aircraft dropped leaflets on his Jeep convoy. He then recounts searching and dispossessing the many German Prisoners of War and waiting for a long time to leave Europe for the U.S. Mainland. When he returns to California, he rejoined the Cortez Growers' Association as a manager of a farm that grew peaches, grapes, and almonds. The interview concludes with a description of his wife and children before sharing final thoughts about the Nisei participation in the Second World War
Subject
The topic of the resource
Japanese Americans--Post-World War II
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
Identity and values--Family
Cortez Growers' Association
Farming
German Prisoners of War (POWs)
KP duty
Naples
post-war life
USS Randolph (CV-15)
V-E Day
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James Kirihara oral history interview, April 27, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/274-Kirihara-James-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1917 Feb 28
Location of Birth
Oakland, California
Incarceration Facilities
Merced Temporary Detention Facility
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Jake
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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James Kirihara oral history interview, part 1 of 5, April 27, 2002
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Kirihara, James: narrator
Demonteverde, Marie: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0274_01_Kirihara
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Kirhiara discusses about his family and farming. He details about his childhood and educational experiences. Kirhiara also discusses about buying a farm, Pearl Harbor, and its aftermath.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Veteran history
Identity and values
Education
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:26:57
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 April 27
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Merced, California
childhood activities
education
family
Farming
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
religion
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Mitsuo Kunihiro oral history interview, April 20, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/268-Kunihiro-Mits-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1918 Jul 07
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Mits
Location of Basic Training
Camp Roberts, California
Camp Blanding, Florida
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Mitsuo Kunihiro oral history interview, part 1 of 5, April 20, 2002
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Kunihiro, Mitsuo: narrator
Nakamatsu, Karen: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0268_01_Kunihiro
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Kunihiro discusses his early years growing up in southern California: Imperial Valley and Sierra Madre. He also talks about his father's immigration to the U.S. and how he became established in farming. Kunihiro shares anecdotes regarding: childhood during Great Depression; a lawsuit his father filed; his family's background.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Parents
Immigration and citizenship--Arrival
Industry and employment--Agriculture
Race--Discrimination
Identity and values--Nisei
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.
0:26:18
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 April 20
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
childhood activities
childhood employment
discrimination in the work force
Farming
Great Depression
Issei parents
lawsuit
Southern California
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James Murata oral history interview, April 20, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0267_02_Murata
Description
An account of the resource
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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Janet Nakakihara and Janice Trubitt oral history interview, April 26, 2007
Description
An account of the resource
Janet Nakakihara and Janice Trubitt are nieces of Sadao Munemori, a Japanese American soldier and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. Munemori was the only American of Japanese ancestry to be awarded the Medal of Honor during or immediately following World War Two. He was killed in action at Seravezza, Italy as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Civilian
Incarceration Facilities
Manzanar
Subject Notes
Additional subjects not found in the controlled vocabulary
MOH
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Janet Nakakihara and Janice Trubitt oral history interview, part 1 of 4, April 26, 2007
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Nakakihara, Janet: narrator
Trubitt, Janice: 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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2007OH0760_01_Nakakihara
2007OH0761_01_Trubitt
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Janet Nakakihara and Janice Yokoyama Trubitt are nieces of Private First Class Sadao S. Munemori, the Medal of Honor recipient. Janet's mother, Yuriko (oldest), and Janice's mother, Kikuyo (youngest), are siblings of Sadao.
Janet recalls her grandparents Kametaro and Nawa Munemori. Janet has a close relationship with her grandmother and admires her.
In December 1940, Janet's family travels to Japan because her father's mother and brother are ill. Janet stays in Japan for seven years. The war starts in 1941, and her father is drafted into the Japanese Military. Later serves as an interpreter for the Australian Forces during the occupation.
Janet recalls the day the atomic bomb is dropped in Hiroshima, and the war ends. Janice says her mother does not talk about wartime. However, she learns about the Japanese American experience in high school.
Format
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video/m4v
atomic bomb
childhood
Drafted
family
Farming
Hiroshima
interpreter
Issei parents
Japanese American
jobs
Medal of Honor
Nisei
Occupation Forces
wartime
World War Two
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Sumio Frank Shimada oral history interview, March 23, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/263-Shimada-Frank-2.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 2 of 5, March 23, 2002
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Shimada, Sumio Frank: narrator
Yahata, Craig: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2002OH0263_02_Shimada
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After Executive Order 9066, Sumio Frank Shimada was forcibly removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center. Frank describes the living conditions and life at the Assembly Center. He found a job in camp making camouflage nets.
In September 1942, Frank was 24 years old when he arrived in Heart Mountain. In June 1943, he was waiting to join the Army, but he never received the news. Frank was classified as 4C - enemy alien. Therefore, he went to work at a peach orchard in Utah. The family dynamics changed in camp. There was no more family mealtime, and you ate by yourself or with friends.
Another division created in camp was the loyalty questionnaire. The questionnaire created a discussion among the Japanese American men to volunteer or not volunteer for service. Frank and his younger brother decided to volunteer.
On July 26, he was inducted into the Army. Frank attends a Recruit School for basic training at Camp Shelby. In his free time, he would go to Hattiesburg and visit friends. He recalls the discrimination and segregation of African Americans. Frank shared a story about a bus ride to Rohwer and the treatment of African Americans.
442nd
4C classification
Army
barbed wire
Barracks
basic training
Block
Camp Shelby
dances
discrimination
Draft
enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
family meals
Farming
friends
guard tower
Hattiesburg
Heart Mountain
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
Jerome
living conditions
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
meals
mess hall
Rohwer Concentration Camp
Santa Anita Racetrack
segregation
siblings
Social activities
Utah
volunteer
weather
World War Two
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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
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0263_01_Shimada
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An account of the resource
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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Don Miyada oral history interview, November 22, 2014
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 May 21
Location of Birth
Oceanside, 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
Camp Blanding, Florida
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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Don Miyada oral history interview, part 2 of 4, November 22, 2014
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Miyada, Don: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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2014OH1074_02_Miyada
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An account of the resource
After Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 is issued and calls for the evacuations of Japanese Americans. Don describes the preparation his family makes before going to Poston, Arizona. At Poston, Don outlines life at camp and the living conditions of the barracks.
Don receives an opportunity to go to Idaho to work on a sugar beet farm and eventually moves to Detriot, Michigan, for employment. In 1944, Don is drafted and goes to Fort Sharedon in Flordia to be inducted into the Army. Then he goes to basic training at Camp Blanding for 17 weeks.
In this interview, Don shares he has two high school diplomas. One from 1942 and 2014.
Arizona
Army
assembly
Barracks
basic training
contraband
Draft
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
Fort Blanding
high school
high school diploma
induction
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Nisei
personal belongings
Poston
Racism
sugar beet
World War Two
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Don Miyada oral history interview, November 22, 2014
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 May 21
Location of Birth
Oceanside, 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
Camp Blanding, Florida
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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Don Miyada oral history interview, part 1 of 4, November 22, 2014
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Miyada, Don: 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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2014OH1074_01_Miyada
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Don Miyada is born on May 21, 1925, in Oceanside, California. Don's parents are Raiju Miyada and Masu Miyada, who both emigrated to the United States from Japan. Don shares his childhood memories working on the farm, school, holiday, and morals and values taught to him by his parents. Growing up, Don plays football and enjoys watching movies. The person that influences Don the most is Eunice Gardner. Don recalls December 7 and the bombing of Pearl harbor. Don is part of the 100th Battalion, A Company.
Buddhism
childhood activities
Christmas
contraband
Farming
football
gun
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese school
kendo
movies
New Year
Nisei
Oceanside
Pearl Harbor
radio
Rural communities
siblings
World War Two
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Ben Kitagawa oral history interview, February 24, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/251-Kitagawa-Ben-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Jan 15
Location of Birth
Mills, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer 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
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Ben Kitagawa oral history interview, part 2 of 6, February 24, 2002
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Kitagawa, Ben: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0251_02_Kitagawa
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Kitagawa talks about his life after high school, graduating and then working on the farm. During this time, two of his brothers would be drafted into the Army, one being part of the 45th Infantry and the other in the 442nd Regiment. Next, he talks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor and people getting picked up by the FBI. As the evacuations took place, he would pack up his things and go meet with his family, and head to Santa Anita race track, followed by Rohwer concentration camp in Arkansas. He talks about the poor living conditions there and having no privacy, leading him to volunteer for the Army to escape the camp. He would immediately be accepted and head to Camp Shelby. There, he would be assigned to L company and begin his training as a rifleman.
Subject
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Rohwer
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:27:51
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 February 24
442nd Regimental Combat Team
45th Infantry Division
Arkansas
Barracks
basic training
brothers
Camp Shelby
community
correspondence
Draft
evacuation
family
Farming
FBI
food
graduation
Hawaiian soldiers
height
Japanese Association
KP duty
L Company
Little Rock
living conditions
Mississippi
Pearl Harbor
privacy
replacement
rifleman
Rohwer Concentration Camp
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center
Shikata ga nai
volunteer
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Ben Kitagawa oral history interview, February 24, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/251-Kitagawa-Ben-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Jan 15
Location of Birth
Mills, California
Incarceration Facilities
Santa Anita Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer 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
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Ben Kitagawa oral history interview, part 1 of 6, February 24, 2002
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Kitagawa, Ben: narrator
Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0251_01_Kitagawa
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Kitagawa begins the interview with an introduction on growing up in Northern California. As his family was in the farming business, he would help there, and enjoy his off-time by playing baseball and picnicking. Next, he talks about his family, which came from Japan, his mother would settle in as a housewife and teach ikebana in the community. He also talks about his childhood years, speaking a mix of Japanese and English in the house, while having lots of siblings. In high school, he would make friends of all different backgrounds and never know what it was like to have money, as it was the Great Depression.
Subject
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Identity and values--Family
Education
Identity and values
Social activities
Type
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:30:04
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 February 24
baseball
buddhist
California
chores
family
Farming
friends
Great Depression
high school
holidays
horses
housewife
Ikebana
language
money
picnic
population
prunes
Shikoku
siblings
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Akira Minamide oral history interview, February 24, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/250-Minamide-Aki-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Feb 03
Location of Birth
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Facilities
"Volunteer Evacuation"
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Aki
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Akira Minamide oral history interview, part 1 of 6, February 24, 2002
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Minamide, Akira: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0250_01_Minamide
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An account of the resource
Minamide discusses his name, birth place, and birth date. His Father and Mother are Issei and have four children. In 1927, he goes to Japan with his family. Essential, the Minamide losses two children over in Japan. The oldest daughter passes away and the the youngest son is given up for adoption due to citizenship.
When the Minamide family returns to Los Angeles, Minamide's Father goes to University State of California when the farming business goes well. He receives a diploma in Business Administration. Growing up Minamide goes to Japanese school after English school. On the weekends he would help on the farm and goes to church on Sunday. He recalls his upbringing and sports played in High School.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Social activities
Education
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:29:53
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 February 24
Spatial Coverage
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Torrance, California
Child rearing
childhood activities
church
citizenship
family
Farming
Higher education
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese school
Nisei
sports
-
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, February 23, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/247-Kurushima-Eddy-2.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 2 of 8, February 23, 2002
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Kurushima, Masato Eddy: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0247_02_Kurushima
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An account of the resource
Masato Eddy Kurushima records his childhood through his drawings. He shows an illustration about his home life. During Christmas and New Year's time, the family makes mochi. Making mochi on special occasions is a Japanese tradition that Eddy's parents practice after leaving Japan.
Eddy says he always looks forward to the holidays. Another pastime Eddy recalls was going for car rides with his family. Eddy's father loves cars.
Living in the Imperial Valley, the Kurushima family shops at the general store and get gas for their family car. Moreover, the Kurushima family goes to town occasionally on Friday nights to watch Japanese movies. Eddy's favorite movies are samurais. Another reason the Kurushima family goes to town is to buy Japanese food.
Eddy looks forwards to the family trips into town. He explains the difference in demographics in the downtown and uptown area. Eddy interacts with other ethnicities at school, but in the country he socializes more with Asians. Eddy discusses the relationship between Salvadorians and Hispanics. Also, he recalls discrimination in elementary school.
Eddy does not share his discrimination with his parents because of "gaman." In Japanese, gaman means tolerance and perseverance. However, Eddy shares his experiences with his peers at school.
Eddy's love for art was encouraged not only by his mother but by Ms. Charles, his sixth-grade teacher. In grade school, Eddy already realized he wanted to be an artist. He discusses being Japanese American and being an artist.
In 1933, the Kurushima family went to Japan and stayed there for several years. Eddies show his drawing of himself with his siblings. Eddy feels he is not accepted in Japan or the United States because he is a foreigner in both countries.
art
childhood activities
childhood home
education
Farming
gaman
intercultural prejudices
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese American identity
Japanese values
living conditions
mochi
movies
New Year
Nisei
Racism
Social activities
teacher
travel
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, February 23, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/247-Kurushima-Eddy-1.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
Dublin Core
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Masato Eddy Kurushima oral history interview, part 1 of 8, February 23, 2002
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Kurushima, Masato Eddy: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0247_01_Kurushima
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An account of the resource
Masato Eddy Kurushima is born on December 6, 1924, in Brawley, CA.
Masato changes his name to Eddy because of the confusion of his Japanese name with his sister's name in high school.
Eddy grows up on the farm and he describes his childhood and home life. Eddy's Issei parents are from Japan. Before coming to California, Eddy's father worked in Mexico on a farm and is fluent in Spanish.
At a young age, Eddy helps his father with interpreting negotiations and documents. They have a close relationship because Eddy understands his father the most. Eddy describes his father as a quiet, gentle, kind, and hard-working man.
Eddy also has fond memories of his mother. He describes his mother's life as a Cinderella story. Growing up, Eddy loves to draw, and his mother supports his interest.
As an artist, Eddy draws life on the farm and his family to illustrate his childhood.
childhood activities
family
farm
Farming
interpreter
interpreting
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese cultural values
Japanese language
living conditions
Nisei
siblings
travel
-
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Ken Miya oral history interview, February 23, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/246-Miya-Ken-5.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 06
Location of Birth
Ogden, Utah
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Index
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Yes
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Ken Miya oral history interview, part 5 of 5, February 23, 2002
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Miya, Ken: narrator
Hashimoto, Leiton: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0246_05_Miya
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Miya discusses discharge in 1946 in Chicago. In Chicago Miya is reunites with other Nisei soldiers who serve in the Military. He describes the contribution of the Nisei soldiers to World War Two.
Miya recalls the best part of his service is meeting other Japanese Americans who shares the same experiences as his did. The worst part is being discriminated at a restaurant.
When Miya returns home to Utah, his Brother is discharge from Military Intelligence Service and enjoys cooking supper for him. During Miya and his Brother's service, their Sister is in school and helps on the family on the farm.
Miya returns back to farm duties and milking cows for ten years until moving out to California. In California he attends trade school and finds a job at RCA through a friend. At RCA, Miya is a technician testing weather radars for 22 years before leaving for another company. He retires in 1991.
Miya recalls meeting his wife in 1963 at a Methodist Church in West LA. and getting married a few years later. They have two daughters. He shares a message for the next generation.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Japanese Americans--Post-World War II
Military service--Veteran history
Identity and values
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:23:31
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 February 23
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
100th Infantry Battalion
442nd Regimental Combat Team
discharge
employment
family
Farming
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Nisei legacy
Nisei soldiers
post-war
Sansei
siblings
Yonsei
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Ken Miya oral history interview, February 23, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/246-Miya-Ken-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 06
Location of Birth
Ogden, Utah
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Index
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Yes
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Title
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Ken Miya oral history interview, part 2 of 5, February 23, 2002
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Miya, Ken: narrator
Hashimoto, Leiton: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0246_02_Miya
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An account of the resource
Miya discusses hearing about Pearl Harbor on the radio on December 7, 1941. During this time, Miya is 18 years old attending Senior year of High School. He did not feel racism or prejudices from his classmates. However, he does experiences racism after high school at restaurants.
He graduates from High School the following year in May when Pearl Harbor is attacked. Unable to apply for college, Miya looks for a job. Miya says that the only jobs available for Japanese Americans are minimal labor. He finds employment at a canning company. Miya would work at the canning company during the winter months and return back to farming for harvesting.
Miya tries to volunteer for service after High School but could not due to his Japanese ancestry. He is considered A1, enemy alien. Later Miya is drafted and is on enlisted leave until 1944. In 1945 Miya goes to Fort Meade for basic training. On his free time on the weekend, he would travel to Hattiesburg and New Orleans. After 17 weeks of training, his unit is deployed and he stays a month longer for cat eye driving. Once overseas he goes to a replacement camp and is assign to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:29:14
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 February 23
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
basic training
bomb
discrimination
draft notice
enemy alien
Farming
Fort Meade
high school
Japanese American
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
war
World War Two
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Ken Miya oral history interview, February 23, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/246-Miya-Ken-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 06
Location of Birth
Ogden, Utah
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
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Title
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Ken Miya oral history interview, part 1 of 5, February 23, 2002
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Miya, Ken: narrator
Hashimoto, Leiton: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0246_01_Miya
Description
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Miya discusses his prefecture origin and changing his last name from Miyagishima to Miya. He feels that Miya would be easier for his friends to pronounce. Growing up, his family are Christians. The Miya family does not tend church regularly due to the farming schedule. When the Miya family has time, they would attend family gatherings and traditional Japanese reunions with relatives.
Miya's Issei parents originally settles in Utah and runs a Japanese grocery and a billiard hall. Later the family moves to Long Beach, California to work at a produce stand at a food chain call Economy Market. He recalls attending primary school and Japanese School with little free time to play. Eventually Miya's family move back to Utah to help a relative with the farm after his grammar school years. When the war broke out, his family decides to stay in Utah.
In Utah, Miya starts Davis High School and his favorite subjects are chemistry, science and wood shops. During High School, he would would also work and help on the farm. When time permits, Miya is able to participate in a Japanese Baseball League. After High School, he is unable to attend college because of racism and discrimination.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Industry and employment
Social activities
Education
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.
0:27:37
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 February 23
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Torrance, California
baseball
California
childhood
Christianity
family
Farming
high school
Issei parents
Japanese school
Nisei
siblings
Utah
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, October 4, 2011
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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 3 of 3, October 4, 2011
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Yamashita, Masato: 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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2011OH1049_03_Yamashita
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An account of the resource
Masato Yamashita's interview is with Lloyd Fujitani.
When the news of the war is over, Masato Yamashita hears that they might go to the Pacific, and soldiers from I Company sign up for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS).
At the end of the war, Masato's duty is guarding German Prisoners and attends school. Lloyd Fujitani also has guard duty at the end of the war. He watches over the surplus supply and Army equipment. Lloyd recalls the Army recruiting him for the 88th Division. However, he wants to return home.
In December, Masato is discharged and returns to Lodi, CA. He lives with his mother since the passing of his father. Masato works on the ranch for a few years before going to National Trade School to learn mechanics. Later he works at Pine Street Garage in Lodi for ten years. Masato saves enough money and buys the building next door to the auto shop. He owns a supply store called Pine Auto Supply for several years before selling the business.
In September 1946, Lloyd is discharge. Lloyd works on the ten-acre vineyard producing wine for winemakers.
Masato and Lloyd discuss the Nisei legacy. Masato says Japanese Americans and other Asians have more equality now than before thanks to the 442nd contributions.
442nd
American citizenship
artillery fire
business
Camp Blanding
civilians
combat
discharge
employment
Farming
friendship
furlough
German soldiers
guard duty
homecoming
I Company
Japanese American
Jerome
last push
Mainland
marriage
mechanic
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
mortar barrage
mortar shells
Nisei
Nisei legacy
Nisei soldiers
Nisei veterans
platoon
post war
prison camps
prisoner of war
trade school
travel
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Title
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, October 4, 2011
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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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Title
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 4, 2011
Creator
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Yamashita, Masato: 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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2011OH1049_01_Yamashita
Description
An account of the resource
Masato Yamashita's interview is with Lloyd Fujitani.
Masato Mauch Yamashita is born on December 27, 1924, in Lodi, CA. Lloyd Katsuto Fujitani is born January 1, 1917, in Lodi, CA. Both Masato and Lloyd are with 442nd Company I. Masato, and Lloyd's parents are from Japan.
Masato and Lloyd's parents are hard-working and care for the family. They both grow up in farming communities. Masato lives in Lodi, CA and Lloyd lives in Acampo, CA. They live 20 minutes away from each other.
Although Masato is an only child, his cousins live nearby, and he has neighborhood friends to play with him. Lloyd is the oldest child in his family, and he has one brother and a sister. Growing up, Masato and Lloyd do not experience discrimination. However, when the war starts, Masato experiences racism.
At home, Masato speaks Japanese, and his parents instilled in him to be hard-working and honest. Lloyd's parents teach him to be hard-working, honest, and Christianity. Masato and Lloyd recall their school years. They both love sports. Masato plays baseball, and Lloyd plays football.
On New Year, Masato and Lloyd's family go to each other's homes to eat. Masato and Lloyd say their mother cooks very well. On occasions, Masato goes to watch movies. He recalls some of his favorite cowboy actors.
442nd
baseball
Buddhism
Butsudan
Child rearing
childhood activities
childhood home
chores
Christianity
church
cowboy
discrimination
family
family car
family meals
farm
farm labor
Farming
friends
Great Depression
high school
I Company
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Japanese values
living conditions
Lodi
meals
movies
New Year
Nisei
primary school
religion
siblings
Social activities
sports
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Maya Miyamoto oral history interview, April 27, 2011
Oral History
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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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Go For Broke National Education Center
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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 Yuichiro Uchimiya oral history interview, April 7, 2007
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/756-Uchimiya-George-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Aug 31
Location of Birth
El Centro, California
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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George Yuichiro Uchimiya oral history interview, part 1 of 2, April 7, 2007
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Uchimiya, George: narrator
Yamagami, Don: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0756_01_Uchiyama
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Uchimiya beings the interview with a brief introduction of his family and how they came to El Centro, California. There, he would begin his schooling, while working on the farm. His family would enjoy camping and taking month-long trips to San Diego. After high school, he would attend a junior college in Brawley until he was drafted into the Army. He would head to Camp Roberts to begin his basic training in field artillery, but during this time, the attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred and he would be moved to Fort McClellan, while his parents would be evacuated and moved to Poston Concentration Camp, his father being detained by the FBI for a time as well. Next, he talks about the infantry training he received the 442nd in Alabama and the shipment to France after. He also talks about the impactful people during that time and his knowledge of the camp his parents lived at.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Education
Social activities
World War II--Military service--Basic training
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.
0:51:26
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
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2007 April 07
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Alabama
basic training
beach
Brawley
California
Calipatria High School
Camp Roberts
camping
Central High School
discrimination
El Centro
family
Farming
FBI
field artillery
Fort McClellan
Fort Riley
France
Hawaiian soldiers
infantry training
Japanese language school
junior college
Kansas
Marseille
mochi
motor school
Mount Signal
natto
New Years
Niland
North Dakota
Ohio State University
Pearl Harbor
pharmacist
Poston Concentration Camp
replacements
San Diego
segregation
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Susumu Satow oral history interview, February 3, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/243-Satow-Sus-6.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 May 25
Location of Birth
Sacramento, California
Incarceration Facilities
Pinedale 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
Sus
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Susumu Satow oral history interview, part 6 of 6, February 3, 2002
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Satow, Susumu: narrator
Inouye, Jason: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0243_06_Satow
Description
An account of the resource
Satow talks about his post-war life experiences: marriage, career, descendants.He shares recollections of visiting his parents and siblings after his military discharge. He also talks about his activities in the Veterans of Foreign War and other veteran organizations.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Community activities--Associations and organizations
Military service--Veterans' organizations
Race--Post-war treatment
Industry and employment--Aerospace industry
Identity and values--Family
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.
0:15:34
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 February 03
Air Force
discharge
family
Farming
legacy of Nisei soldiers
trade school
veteran organizations
wife
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Susumu Satow oral history interview, February 3, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/243-Satow-Sus-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 May 25
Location of Birth
Sacramento, California
Incarceration Facilities
Pinedale 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
Sus
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Susumu Satow oral history interview, part 2 of 6, February 3, 2002
Creator
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Satow, Susumu: narrator
Inouye, Jason: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0243_02_Satow
Description
An account of the resource
Satow discusses curfew conditions in Sacramento in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack. He also talks about his experiences at Pinedale Temporary Detention Center before his family's relocation to the Poston Concentration Camp. He shares anecdotes regarding: his friend William Nakamura, violence from "No-No boys", and picking sugar beets in Utah
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Living conditions
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
World War II--Loyalty Questionnaire--No-no boys
World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation")--Japanese American community responses
World War II--Military service--Recruiting and enlisting
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
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.
0:25:17
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 February 03
Farming
food
Hawaiian Nisei
living conditions
Loyalty Questionnaire
Pinedale
Poston Concentration Camp
temporary detention center
violence
-
Dublin Core
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Title
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Susumu Satow oral history interview, February 3, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/243-Satow-Sus-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 May 25
Location of Birth
Sacramento, California
Incarceration Facilities
Pinedale 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
Sus
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Physical Media Notes
The condition of the physical media
Disturbance at 18:07-18:33
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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Susumu Satow oral history interview, part 1 of 6, February 3, 2002
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Satow, Susumu: narrator
Inouye, Jason: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2002OH0243_01_Satow
Description
An account of the resource
Satow discusses his childhood and adolescence in a small town outside Sacramento. He talks about farming in youth and having extended relatives living nearby. He also talks about the political climate pre and post Pearl Harbor attack.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education--Primary education
Education--Secondary education
Industry and employment--Agriculture
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Race--Race relations
Social activities--Sports
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
video/m4v
Extent
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0:25:23
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 February 03
baseball
education
family
Farming
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
political climate
race discrimination
Sacramento
-
Dublin Core
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Title
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Ichigi Robert Kashiwagi oral history interview, February 2, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/242-Kashiwagi-Ichigi-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Feb 11
Location of Birth
Hayward, California
Incarceration Facilities
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Bob
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
The Gothic Line
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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Ichigi Robert Kashiwagi oral history interview, part 2 of 6, February 2, 2002
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Kashiwagi, Ichigi Robert: narrator
Kawata, Ian: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
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2002OH0242_02_Kashiwagi
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An account of the resource
Kashiwagi talks about his life after high school including his farming work. He discusses what he did during his leisure time. He continues to talks about the draft. He describes the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath. Kashiwagi discusses the forced removal of his family and his stay in a sanitarium. He describes his stay in the Merced Temporary Detention Center.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation")
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Merced
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:30:00
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 February 02
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Sacramento, California
Draft
Farming
forced removal
living conditions
lung
Merced
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
sanitarium
-
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Ichigi Robert Kashiwagi oral history interview, February 2, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/242-Kashiwagi-Ichigi-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Feb 11
Location of Birth
Hayward, California
Incarceration Facilities
Granada (Amache) Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Bob
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
The Gothic Line
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
Dublin Core
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Ichigi Robert Kashiwagi oral history interview, part 1 of 6, February 2, 2002
Creator
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Kashiwagi, Ichigi Robert: 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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2002OH0242_01_Kashiwagi
Description
An account of the resource
Kashiwagi talks about his early life in Hayward, California. He describes his parents, siblings, and family farm. He discusses his community of Knights Landing, California. He talks about what he did in his childhood leisure time. Kashiwagi also talks about how the Great Depression impacted his family. He describes his experiences while in high school. He shares his knowledge of World War Two. He discusses his family dynamics and religion. Kashiwagi briefly discusses the draft.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
Industry and employment
Education
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.
0:27:06
Language
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eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2002 February 02
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Sacramento, California
childhood
discrimination
family
Farming
Great Depression
high school
religion
siblings
World War Two
-
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Kune Hisatomi oral history interview, January 13, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/223-Hisatomi-Kune-6.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Nov 30
Location of Birth
Manteca, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Kun
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Southern France Campaign
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
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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Kune Hisatomi oral history interview, part 6 of 6, January 13, 2002
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hisatomi, Kune: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2002OH0223_06_Hisatomi
Description
An account of the resource
Hisatomi explains how he felt about replacement soldiers. He describes his experiences with discrimination when he returned to the United States. He talks about his military decorations. He recollects what living conditions were like in the military. He continues to talk about his wife's life and career. Hisatomi discusses his first job after he returned from Europe. He talks about his farm work after the war. He explains why he moved to Los Angeles, California. He talks about his investments, including those in income properties. He briefly talks about his father. Hisatomi describes the contributions of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He talks about the Nisei legacy and the extent to which he has shared his war stories with family. He reveals what his nickname is.
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
Japanese Americans--Post-World War II
Industry and employment
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.
0:29:18
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 January 13
442nd Regimental Combat Team
discrimination
family
Farming
investments
medal
nickname
Nisei legacy
wife
-
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Kune Hisatomi oral history interview, January 13, 2002
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/223-Hisatomi-Kune-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Nov 30
Location of Birth
Manteca, California
Incarceration Facilities
Turlock Temporary Detention Facility
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Kun
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Southern France Campaign
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Kune Hisatomi oral history interview, part 2 of 6, January 13, 2002
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hisatomi, Kune: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2002OH0223_02_Hisatomi
Description
An account of the resource
Hisatomi continues to talks about his involvement in sports tournaments. He explains how he helped his father mechanize their family farm. He talks about a farmers association and a non-profit association that he helped create. He continues to talk about his friendship with the Morgan family. He discusses his other friendships. Hisatomi describes his experiences with discrimination. He talks about how his family sold their farm products. He briefly discusses his community's population. He describes the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath. He discusses his family's forced removal. He briefly talks about his siblings and his discharge after the war.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Social activities
Industry and employment
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.
0:29:24
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 January 13
discrimination
family
Farming
forced removal
friendship
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
sports
World War Two
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