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Title
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George Matsunaga oral history interview, October 9, 2010
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/1015-Matsunaga-George-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 May 28
Location of Birth
Wailuku (Maui), Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Camp Ritchie, Maryland
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Okinawa
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Title
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George Matsunaga oral history interview, part 1 of 3, October 9, 2010
Creator
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Matsunaga, George: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
US Army Center of Military History: sponsor
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
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2010OH1015_01_Matsunaga
Description
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George Mitsuru Matsunaga was born on May 28, 1925, in Wailuku, Maui. George had many positive influences that shaped him during his informal educational years. At home, his parents taught him filial piety and to study hard. In English school and Japanese language school, the teachers taught him to be a good student and person. Life outside school, George was active in the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. He also enjoyed playing hanafuda, karuta, movies, and sports.
Life for George changed on December 7, 1941. George recalls learning about the Pearl Harbor attack and described Japan's attempt to attack the oil refinery. At school, George remembered digging trenches and carrying a gas mask every day even to graduation. After Pearl Harbor, George feared what would happen to the Japanese American community.
When George graduated high school, he attended the University of Hawaii and worked for a pineapple cannery. At the University of Hawaii, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) recruited George. On January 3, George was sworn in for service and went to a replacement depo outside Schofield. George left Hawaii for the first time to go to the mainland for training.
At the CIC School in Maryland (Camp Ritchie). George learned FBI work. Later, George went to Fort Meade, Maryland, and took furlough. George received news the war ended and was shipped out immediately to Camp Stonemann Pittsburg to go overseas.
"Jap"
baseball
black out
bus
censorship
Child rearing
childhood activities
CIC
colored
correspondence
cub scouts
December 7th
discrimination
Draft
entertainment
family
FBI
Fort McClellan
Fort Meade
Fort Ritchie
Fort Snelling
friends
gas mask
grandmother
Hawaii
Hawaiian identity
Hawaiian soldiers
Japanese language school
Japanese values
Mainland
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Military Intelligence Service Language School
morals
movies
Nisei
occupation
Pacific Theater
parents
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Philippines
primary school
radio
replacement depot
Sansei
Schoffield
segregation
siblings
snow
sports
teachers
training
trenches
University of Hawaii
volunteer
youth organizations
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Title
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Edwin Kawahara oral history interview, May 2, 2002
Oral History
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Physical Media Notes
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poor video quality
Index
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Yes
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Edwin Kawahara oral history interview, part 1 of 1, May 2, 2002
Creator
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Kawahara, Edwin: narrator
Tsukiyama, Ted: interviewer
Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club of Hawaii: publisher
Tanabe, James: interviewer
Source
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Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club of Hawaii
Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
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MISH_Kawahara
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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01:33:00
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2002-05-02
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Subject
The topic of the resource
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
Education--Higher education
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal recollections
World War II--Nisei soldiers
Industry and employment
World War II--Prisoners and prisons--Interrogation
Description
An account of the resource
Edwin Kawahara recounts his life growing up in Hawaii and the the importance of good education throughout his life. He talks about discriminatory hiring practices and finally finding a good job in the insurance industry. He also shares his recollections of Pearl Harbor and being drafted in the army. As part of the Military Intelligence Service, he goes into how he interrogated prisoners, translated documents, recruited, and taught new soldiers.
Camp McCoy
Hawaii
interrogation
Issei parents
Midway
Military Intelligence Service
Military Intelligence Service Language School
MIS
Pearl Harbor
recruitment
Schoffield