Identity and values--Family]]> Social activities]]> Education]]> Ushijima, John: narrator]]> Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> UPS: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2005 March 21]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Hilo, Hawaii]]> Identity and values]]> Japanese Americans--Post-World War II]]> Tsuya, Roy: narrator]]> Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2005 September 27]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Las Vegas, Nevada ]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Industry and employment]]> Immigration and citizenship]]> Taketa, Shojiro: narrator]]> Horsting, Robert: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2005 June 05]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Emeryville, California ]]>
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.


]]> Mayeda, Ray: narrator]]> Hawkins, Richard: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> US Army Center of Military History: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Military service--Post-World War II Occupation of Japan]]> Post World War II--Travel, leisure]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service--Linguists]]> Japan--Military]]> Identity and values--Nisei]]> Masuoka, Frank: narrator]]> Hawkins, Richard: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> US Army Center of Military History: sponsor]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2010 March 19]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> San Fransisco, California ]]> Education]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Social activities]]> Kajiwara, Kent: narrator]]> Wasserman, Steven: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2005 October 05]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Los Angeles, California ]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Education]]> Japan--Pre-World War II]]> ]]> Iba, Shigeru: narrator]]> Nakamatsu, Karen: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2002 September 14]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Torrance, California ]]> Identity and values]]> World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team]]> World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School]]> World War II--Asiatic-Pacific Theater]]> Higashino, Edwin: narrator]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: interviewer]]> Tanabe, Jim: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009 January 19]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Hawaii]]> Identity and values--Family]]> Education]]> World War II--Military service--Varsity Victory Volunteers]]> Military service--Veteran history]]> about the unfair discharge of Japanese American volunteers. He describes what it was like being in the Varsity Victory Volunteers. He explains his feelings towards Japanese soldiers. He discusses the pressure to prove his loyalty because of his heritage. He talks about volunteering for the military. ]]> Higashino, Edwin: narrator]]> Tsukiyama, Ted: interviewer]]> Tanabe, Jim: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2009 January 19]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]> Hawaii]]> Education]]> Social activities]]> Identity and values]]> Hibino, Yukio: narrator]]> Hawkins, Richard: interviewer]]> Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher]]> Go For Broke National Education Center]]> 2001 February 24]]> eng]]> Oral Histories]]>