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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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https://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/670-Tanamachi-Willie-2.m4v
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Willie Tanamachi oral history interview, part 2 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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video/m4v
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58:34
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eng
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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_02_Tanamachi
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According to Willie Tanamachi, there are two ways Japanese Americans joined the military. One way is being drafted before the war. Another way is enlisting. Willie’s brothers Goro, Saburo, Walter, and himself served in the military. Unfortunately, Saburo is killed serving in E Company, 2nd Battalion. Goro works in the motor crew and Walter serves his time in the military in Germany.
During World War II, like some Japanese American soldiers, Willie faces struggles with promotions within the military. The only option is to transfer to different units. At the time Battle of the Bulge starts, Willie is approved to transfer and joins 171st Infantry Separate.
Willie discusses his duties and departments within the military. He works in the personnel department and post-war in supplies. After the war, Willie stays with the military. His decision is based on the way he is treated as an equal by his colleagues. Although there are some racist individuals, there are more people who see past his ethnicity.
During Occupation in Germany, Willie stays there from 1945 to 1953. He describes the effects of war on the cities and how the cities start to rebuilding economically. He also mentions the Hermann Goring and Rudolph Hess’s trial and the German gang Werewolves.
In 1946, Willie works in a supply depot in Munich. There are two supply depots. One is called Indiana Supply Depot (food) and the other is called Alabama Supply Deport (clothing). When troop's dependents came over to Germany, the BMW factory becomes furniture storage for dependents. As the economy starts thriving, the BMW asked for their factory back to build cars. Besides working in the military, Willie finds himself lucky in love and marries a German woman. They have been married for 53 years.
100th
171st Infantry Battalion
442nd
Air Corps
alcohol
Black Market
Buddaheads
buddha heads
cigarettes
Dachau
death camps
E Company
Germany
Hawaiian
incarceration
Japanese American
Katonk
Killed in Action
Mainland Nisei
Mainland soldiers
married
Medical Corps
military
Munich
Nazi
Nazis
Nisei
occupation of Germany
Pearl Harbor
post war
prejudices
Racism
radio
restrictions
ROTC
segregation
siblings
World War Two
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Hal Oishi oral history interview, January 18, 2009
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/966-Oishi-Hal-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 02
Location of Birth
Captain Cook, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Korean War, 1950-1953
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Schofield Barracks, (Oahu) Hawaii
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Fort Benning, Georgia
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP)
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Yes
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Hal Oishi oral history interview, part 1 of 2, January 18, 2009
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Oishi, Hal: narrator
Dennehy, Kristine: interviewer
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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2009OH0966_01_Oishi
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Oishi begins the interview with his family background and moving to Hawaii from Hiroshima. He would grow up in Kona, Hawaii working at the family farm and then for his aunt at her grocery store, all while attending school and Japanese language school. He would grow up heavily influenced by Japanese culture, as he grew up Buddhist and spoke Japanese much of his young life in addition to English. He would be working at the store when he first heard of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and would be forced to black out their home and carry gas masks to school. After high school, he would work for Captain Cook Coffee as he had an interest in the accounting field and was given the opportunity to keep their books. Next, he would be drafted by the Army and head to Schofield Barracks for his induction before heading to Camp Blanding for his basic training. As his cousin was working as a language instructor in Minnesota, he was able to get Oishi moved to Fort Snelling for Military Intelligence Service Language School (MIS). During this time, the atomic bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered, so the Army cut his courses short and shipped him to Japan to begin his time translating in occupied Japan.
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Identity and values--Family
Education
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Language School
World War II--Military service--Military Intelligence Service
Allied Occupation of Japan
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:52:23
Language
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eng
Date
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2009 January 18
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS)
atomic bomb
basic training
black outs
Buddhism
Camp Blanding
Camp Savage
Drafted
family
Fort Snelling
gas masks
Hawaii
Hiroshima
Honolulu
Japanese civilians
Japanese language school
lectures
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
Minnesota
morals
New Years
NYK Building
Pearl Harbor
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
self identity
surrender of Japan
translation
Ueno
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Jumpei Mine oral history interview, November 23, 2008
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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
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0954_01_Mine
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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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Francis Mitsuo Ohta oral history interview, April 26, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/855-Ohta-Francis-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Sep 16
Location of Birth
Wailuku, (Maui) Hawii
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
Belvedere
Rome-Arno Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Yes
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Francis Mitsuo Ohta oral history interview, part 1 of 2, April 26, 2008
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Ohta, Francis Mitsuo: narrator
Nagoshi, F.: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0855_01_Ohta
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Ohta begins the interview with an introduction and talking shortly about his family background, his parents being from Maui. Next, he talks about what it was like to grow up in Hawaii up until the Pearl Harbor attacks. After that, he would join the Army, heading to Mississippi to begin his basic training with the 442nd Regiment. He would experience the segregation of the south and conflict between Hawaiian and mainland soldiers before being shipped out to Europe. He would be involved in many different combat battles, including Bruyeres-Biffontaine, the Lost Battalion and the Gothic Line. Throughout this time, he would receive one wound, on his hand. Following the Gothic Line push, Germany would surrender and he would be shipped back to the mainland and then back to Maui. There, he would begin his career at a bank and start his family. Next, he discusses more of his experiences throughout basic training and overseas, including a discussion on the difference in weapons between America and Germany.
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The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
World War II--European Theater
World War II--France
Japanese Americans--Post-World War II
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:57:50
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 April 26
Spatial Coverage
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Maui, Hawaii
100th Infantry Battalion
442nd Regimental Combat Team
American Concentration Camps
basic training
black outs
Camp Shelby
casualties
Champagne Campaign
convoy
family
France
german weapons
Golden Gate Bridge
Gothic Line
Great Depression
Hawaii
induction
Japanese language school
L Company
Lost Battalion
Maui
Mississippi
Monte Carlo
Newport News
Nice
Nisei parents
Pearl Harbor
Pidgin English
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
seasick
segregation
St. Anthony School
values
Waihee
Wailuku Sugar Company
wounded in action (WIA)
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Terry T. Shima oral history interview, April 15, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/850-Shima-Terry-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Jan 20
Location of Birth
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Index
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Yes
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Terry T. Shima oral history interview, part 1 of 2, April 15, 2008
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Shima, Terry T.: narrator
Horsting, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0850_01_Shima
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An account of the resource
Shima begins the interview with an introduction and his family background, coming from Okinawa and moving to the Hawaiian islands. He speaks about growing up in Hawaii and the home that he grew up in. Next, he talks about Pearl Harbor and the after effects of martial law. He would end up getting drafted into the Army and begin his basic training at Camp Blanding in Florida, readying to join the 442nd Regiment. He would enjoy a short furlough in Washington DC before shipping off to Naples in Italy. He would arrive in Naples, but would find out that the war had completed.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Identity and values--Family
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Military service--Basic training
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:59:29
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 April 15
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Washington, D.C.
100th Infantry Battalion
442nd Regimental Combat Team
buddhist
bushido
Camp Blanding
Curfew
devastation
discipline
Draft
family
Florida
Fort Lewis
furlough
Garda
guard duty
Hawaii
infantry training
Italy
Laupāhoehoe
Lyn Crost
Martial Law
McKinley High School
mochi
Naples
New Years
Newport News
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
proxy marriage
radio
rations
replacement depot
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
seasick
sugarcane plantation
Washington DC
wounded
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, October 15, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Mar 03
Incarceration Facilities
Tanforan Temporary Detention Facility
Topaz Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Minoru Miyasaki oral history interview, part 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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An account of the resource
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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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 1 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_01_Miyasaki
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An account of the resource
Minoru "Minor" Miyasaki was born March 18, 1925. Minoru's father immigrated from Japan to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantation. Later, he moved to California to sharecrop strawberries and vegetables. Minoru lost his mother at an early age, and his father raised the children alone.
Minoru and his siblings helped their father on the farm before and after school. Minoru attended Warm Springs Grammar School and then Washington High School. In addition to attending primary school, he attended Japanese Language School.
When the Miyasaki family was not farming, they would travel around the Bay Area to visit relatives, do Japanese grocery shopping, celebrate festivals, and saw Japanese films.
On December 7, Minoru was at home when he heard the news about Pearl Harbor on the radio. The following day at school, all the Japanese American students were sent home from school and were told to stay home until the war ended. Later, the government issued restrictions such as blackouts, curfew, and travel restrictions.
In pre-war times, Minoru recalled discrimination. His father could not vote and own land. Also, Asians were not allowed to swim in public swimming pools or live in certain neighborhoods. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Minoru and his family evacuated to Tanofran and Topaz, Utah. Minoru graduated High school in Topaz.
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442nd
alien land laws
Buddhism
childhood activities
childhood home
correspondence
December 7th
discrimination
diversity
enemy alien
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
farm
farming community
friends
garden
graduation
high school
Issei
Issei father
Issei parents
Japan
Japan Town
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Japanese language school teacher
Japanese movies
Korean War
landownership
living conditions
methodist
money
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
primary school
Racism
radio
restrictions
San Francisco
San Jose
sharecropping
strawberries
swimming pool
Tanforan
Topaz
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
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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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Seichi Sakaida oral history interview, August 26, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Jul 09
Location of Birth
Ookala, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Seichi Sakaida oral history interview, part 1 of 2, August 26, 2007
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Sakaida, Seichi: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2007OH0796_01_Sakaida
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Seichi Sakaida serves with the 442nd in K Company. He is born July 9, 1922, in Ookala, HI. At a young age, his family moves to Molokai, and he grows up on the plantations. Seichi's parents are from Yamaguchi Kan prefecture in Japan and his mother is a picture bride. There are five children in the family including Seichi.
Seichi describes growing up on a plantation in Molokai and being near a Leper Colony. Seichi attends Molokai Elementary School, Molokai Intermediate School, and Molokai High School. Throughout his school years, he participates in sports and the plantation league.
After graduating High School, he works on the plantation at the auto repair shop. He recalls December 7, and the restrictions that are in effect after the Pearl Harbor attack. Seichi volunteers for the military. When he passes his physical he is sent to Schofield barracks.
Seichi goes overseas to the Mainland for basic training at Camp Shelby. Seichi discusses his basic training experience and segregation in Mississippi.
442nd
basic training
Blackouts
Buddhism
Butsudan
Camp Shelby
December 7th
discrimination
employment
family
friends
friendship
Hawaii
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese values
K Company
living conditions
New Year
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
picture bride
prejudices
primary school
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
segregation
siblings
sports
volunteering
youth organizations
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Clarence Tamayori and Robert Nagata oral history interview, August 26, 2007
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/794-Tamayori-Clarence-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Jun 18
Location of Birth
Lahaina, (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
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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Clarence Tamayori oral history interview, part 2 of 5, August 26, 2007
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0794_02_Tamayori
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Tamayori, Clarence: narrator
Nagata, Robert: narrator
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The interview with Clarence Yayoi Tamayori is combined with Robert Tokuo Nagata.
Clarence and Robert discuss their employment after graduating high school. Clarence works at a lumber mill and Robert is employed at the Hawaiian cannery. Later, Robert works for defense contractors.
Both Clarence and Robert reflect on the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 and the effects after. Clarence talks about Marshall Law and the restrictions following the attack. Robert says he feels guilty about Pearl Harbor even though he is Japanese American. He recalls his friends looking at him differently after the bombing, and being labeled an enemy alien. Robert's father tells him, this is your home, you need to protect your country.
When the military announcements for volunteers, Clarence decides to volunteer. He takes his physical exam and passes. He goes to Schofield Barracks and departs to the mainland. Robert decides to volunteer to protect his brothers. Both men go to Camp Shelby and basic training.
bombing
Community leaders
Curfew
discrimination
employment
enemy alien
family
graduate
Hawaii
Hawaiian soldiers
high school
Issei
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American soldiers
loyalty
Loyalty Questionnaire
Mainland
Marshall Law
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
physical
radio
radio broadcasts
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
seasick
siblings
volunteer
volunteering
World War Two
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William Omoto oral history interview, October 23, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/315-Omoto-William-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Dec 15
Location of Birth
San Jose, 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
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
Index
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Yes
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William Omoto oral history interview, part 2 of 5, October 23, 2002
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Omoto, William: narrator
Yoneshige, David: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0315_02_Omoto
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Omoto discusses the attack on Pearl Harbor and his experiences during the aftermath including discussing blackouts, an enforced curfew, restrictions, and having to move. He then talks about Executive Order 9066; and discusses his family’s forced removal to Salinas temporary detention facility and having to leave belongings behind. Lastly, Omoto discusses traveling to Poston incarceration camp; his impressions of Poston; and his experiences there including working, the weather, and the wildlife in Arizona.
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
World War II--Temporary Detention Facilities--Salinas
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:28:21
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eng
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2002 October 23
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Executive Order 9066
forced removal
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Poston Incarceration Camp
restrictions
Salinas Assembly Center
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Rikio Tsuda oral history interview, October 21, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/309-Tsuda-Rikio-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Oct 14
Location of Birth
Wailua (Oahu), Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Rik
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (Combined)
Campaigns/Battles
Anzio Campaign
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
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Yes
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Rikio Tsuda oral history interview, part 1 of 6, October 21, 2002
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Tsuda, Rikio: narrator
Yoneshige, David: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0309_01_Tsuda
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Tsuda begins the interview with a brief introduction of himself and his parents. After this, he talks about what it was like to grow up in Honolulu, living in Haleiwa on a pineapple cannery. He would enjoy attending Japanese language school and would have a heavy influence of Japanese culture throughout his childhood. He would also take part in fishing and judo but would be limited in his recreational time as he had to drop out of high school and begin working as a contractor when his brother was drafted into the Army. Next, he talks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor and being put on a heavy restriction by his work.
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Social activities
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Identity and values
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:30:33
Language
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eng
Date
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2002 October 21
Barracks
baseball
carpenter
culture
dojo
family
fishing
football
Great Depression
Haleiwa
Haleiwa Elementary School
Hawaii
Hickam Field
history
Honolulu
Japanese language school
judo
Kahuku
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
pineapple plantation
population
restrictions
segregation
stories
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Kenichi Sato oral history interview, September 14, 2002
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/299-Sato-Kenichi-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1926 Apr 04
Location of Birth
Keahua (Maui), Hawaii
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 Wolters, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Index
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Yes
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Kenichi Sato oral history interview, part 2 of 5, July 28, 2002
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Sato, Kenichi: 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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2002OH0299_02_Sato
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Sato discusses more about his childhood in Hawaii, playing football and track for Baldwin High School. He also talks about impactful people throughout his high school days. Next, he talks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor and how they had to black out their windows so enemy submarines couldn't see any lights. He would see his neighbor being picked up by the FBI and never came back. After the attacks, they would be faced with restrictions and forced to carry gas masks with them everywhere they went. He discusses the Japanese influences that could be seen within his childhood home at the time, including an obutsudan and attending Japanese language school. He also talks about seeing people volunteering for the Army, including teachers and his cousin.
Subject
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Social activities
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Education
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
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0:27:54
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eng
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2002 July 28
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Seattle, Washington
Baldwin High School
black out
Butsudan
economy
education
fairgrounds
FBI
football
gas masks
high school
impactful people
Japanese language school
Kahului
lessons
Maui
Nisei soldiers
Pearl Harbor
Pidgin English
population
restrictions
shock
track
volunteers
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William Yoshito Thompson oral history interview, June 27, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Mar 15
Location of Birth
Hilo, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Rome-Arno Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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William Yoshito Thompson oral history interview, part 1 of 3, June 27, 2007
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Thompson, William Yoshito: 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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2007OH0777_01_Thompson
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Oral Histories
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An account of the resource
William Yoshito Thompson is a World War Two veteran who volunteered for the 442nd (Head Quarters 2nd Battalion). He is born March 15, 1924, in Hilo, Hawaii. His father is from Scotland, Ireland, and moved to Hawaii. He remains a British subject and is not able to become a citizen because of paperwork. His mother is born in Hamakuapko plantation on Maui. Her parents are from Hiroshima, Japan.
William discusses his journey of researching his family's genealogical information of his grandfather's (on his mother side) last name and his own father's last name.
William is hapa, and he describes the home life of being Scottish and Japanese American. When not attending primary school and Japanese Language School, William enjoys watching movies, swimming, playing games, and helps with household chores.
In school, William is a good student and wants to attend college. He says all his teachers are influential to his education. After graduating from High School, he works in a few places. One is the County of Hawaii with his father in the County garage. William says his father is a reputable blacksmith for his craftsmanship.
William recalls December 7 when Pearl Harbor is attacked and discusses his decision to volunteer for the 442nd.
100th
442nd
childhood activities
cowboy
Draft
draft number
employment
family
hapa
Hawaii
Hilo
Honolulu
intercultural marriage
Issei
Japanese American
Japanese language school
Japanese values
living conditions
movie theater
movies
Nisei
omamori
Pearl Harbor
restrictions
samurai
Sansei
Schofield
Schofield Barracks
Shinto
siblings
volunteer
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James Murata oral history interview, April 20, 2002
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/267-Murata-Jim-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Aug 06
Location of Birth
San Jose, California
Incarceration Facilities
Tulare Temporary Detention Facility
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Jim
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
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James Murata oral history interview, part 2 of 5, April 20, 2002
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Murata, James: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2002OH0267_02_Murata
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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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Charles Toyoji Ijima oral history interview, April 11, 2007
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Jan 08
Location of Birth
Makaweli, (Kauai) Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
232nd Combat Engineer Company
Campaigns/Battles
Belvedere
Rome-Arno Campaign
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Vosges
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
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Charles Toyoji Ijima oral history interview, part 1 of 4, April 11, 2007
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Ijima, Charles Toyoji: 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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2007OH0759_01_Ijima
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An account of the resource
Charles "Charley" Toyoji Ijima is born on January 8, 1925, in Makaweli, Kauai, Hawaii. His family lives on a sugar cane plantation. His parents are from Niigata Prefecture of Japan. Charley's father, Shozo Ijima, comes to Hawaii by himself first. Later Charley's mother, Haru Asato, immigrates to the United States when she is seventeen years old as a picture bride.
Charley has seven siblings. He describes life going up on a plantation. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, he discusses the restrictions and rations that occur. After high school, Charley volunteers for the 442nd and enlisted at Schofield Barracks. His three other brothers also join the service later.
442nd
52-20 club
alcohol
barbed wire
baseball
basketball
black out
childhood
childhood activities
discharge
employment
European Theater
family
Hawaii
high school
high school diploma
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Kauai
movie
Nisei
outhouse
Pearl Harbor
picture bride
plantation
prejudice
primary school
radio
rations
restrictions
siblings
sports
sugar cane plantation
voluntary enlistment
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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Sumio Frank Shimada was born on April 21, 1918, in Vacaville, CA. Later his family moved to Cordelia and then San Jose. Frank revisited Vacaville last year for a reunion. He described the changes in the town since his childhood.
Frank discusses his school years. In Vacaville, he attended primary school and Japanese Language School. Later, when the family moved to Cordelia, he went to a small grammar school and attended Sunday school at a Lutheran Church. After five years, Frank's family moved to San Jose. When Frank went overseas during wartime, he missed the valleys of San Jose the most. The valley was the most beautiful when the flowers were blooming.
In high school, Frank enrolled at a Prep Ministry school in Oakland. He graduated high school in 1936. Being the oldest son, Frank had responsibilities to the family. Therefore, he worked on the strawberry farm to help his parents. Later, Frank's family moved to Santa Clara and rented an area for farming.
In 1941, Frank moved to Los Angeles to help his half-brother in the trucking business. He recalls hearing the news about Pearl Harbor and shares his reaction to the event.
After President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, there were restrictions for the Japanese Americans. Frank's first reaction to Executive Order 9066 was the government could not do this to American citizens. He could only comply with the government orders because his parents taught him to respect authority.
Frank evacuated to Santa Anita Assembly Center with the Japanese Americans from Mountain View Palo Alto and later to Heart Mountain. Frank only took what he could carry to camp.
church
country
Curfew
December 7th
discrimination
education
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
family
Farming
fishing
friend
Heart Mountain
Issei parents
Japanese American
Japanese American community
Japanese language school
Japanese values
Ministry of Education
Nisei
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
restrictions
Santa Anita
school
sports
swimming
travel order
travel permit
World War Two
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, October 4, 2011
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Dec 27
Location of Birth
Lodi, California
Incarceration Facilities
Stockton Temporary Detention Facility
Rohwer Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Fort Meade, Maryland
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Masato Yamashita oral history interview, part 2 of 3, October 4, 2011
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Yamashita, Masato: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2011OH1049_02_Yamashita
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Masato Yamashita's interview is with Lloyd Fujitani.
Masato Yamashita and Lloyd Fujitani recall hearing the news about Pearl Harbor on the radio. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, anyone who is a leader of a Japanese Organization is taken away by the FBI. The FBI takes away dozen community leaders from Lodi including his cousin.
The government gives a month's notice for the Japanese Americans to evacuate to the Assembly Centers. The Yamashita family goes to the Stockton Assembly Center for three to four months. Masato describes the living conditions in the barracks at the Fair Grounds. At camp, Masato's neighborhood friend, Mackenzie, comes to visit him. The Fujitani family also goes to the Stockton Assembly Center.
At the Assembly Center, both Lloyd and Masato get jobs. Lloyd gets a job cooking, and Masato gets a job picking up trash. They are there at the Assembly Center for six months, waiting for Rohwer, AK, to finish construction.
Masato and Lloyd compare the security from the Assembly Center and Rohwer. At camp, there are sports, games, and social dances for entertainment. In 1943, Masato graduated high school and goes to Saint Louis for work. Shortly after, he is drafted into the Army. In 1945, Lloyd is drafted into the Army.
Masato and Lloyd talk about their induction and basic training experience before going overseas to the European Theater. Overseas, Masato is in the Third Platoon, First Squad, I Company. His Platoon Sergeant is George Ikeda. Lloyd is in Second Platoon, I Company. His Staff Sergeant is Shiro "Kash" Kashino.
Masato arrives in France approximately three months after the Lost Battalion battle. He is assigned to guard duty on top of a hill and describes the last push.
barbed wires
Barracks
basic training
Blackouts
Camp Blanding
Camp McCoy
casualties
Community leaders
community organizations
December 7th
Draft
employment
European Theater
evacuate
Executive Order 9066
FBI
France
friend
German soldiers
Gothic Line
guard towers
high school
I Company
induction
Issei
Issei parents
Italy
Japanese American soldiers
Killed in Action (KIA)
last push
living conditions
Lost Battalion
Nisei
Nisei soldiers
overseas
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
platoon
Po Valley
radio
replacement
replacement soldiers
restrictions
Rohwer Concentration Camp
squad
staff sergeant
Stockton Assembly Center
World War Two
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Yoshito Yoshino oral history interview, March 24, 2007
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/746-Yoshino-Yoshito-1.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Jul 07
Location of Birth
Lahaina, (Maui) Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Location of Basic Training
Camp Wolters, Texas
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Yes
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Yoshito Yoshino oral history interview, part 1 of 3, March 24, 2007
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Yoshino, Yoshito: narrator
Yee, Govan: interviewer
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2007OH0746_01_Yoshino
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Yoshino begins the interview with his family background, being raised by his grandparents on Maui. Growing up on a plantation, he was quite the rascal, and would get into a lot of fights as a child, so he was taken in by the local boxing community and taught to fight the right way. He would also enjoy surfing and fishing at the local beaches. Next, he talks about his whereabouts during the Pearl Harbor attacks and how they were forced to paint their windows black, while many people he knew were taken into custody by the FBI. He would get a job at the PX, and then Red Hill before volunteering for the Army and getting his basic training at Camp Wolters in Texas. He would become involved with the boxing team and travel throughout the United States for exhibitions. Next, he talks about shipment to Le Havre and his good friend Ted Ohira.
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Identity and values--Family
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Education
World War II--Military service--Basic training
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:56:26
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eng
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2007 March 24
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Torrance, California
100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team
442nd Regimental Combat Team
9th Division
basic training
Blackouts
buddhist
Camp Beale
chores
family
FBI
Fort Meade
Fort Sheridan
France
friends
Hawaii
Japanese school teacher
Lahaina
Olympics
Pearl Harbor
pineapple
restrictions
sumo wrestler
surfing
Ted "Bulldog" Ohira
Texas
Willie Pep
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Hiroshi Tanaka oral history interview, September 27, 2005
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/608-Tanaka-Hiroshi-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 Feb 08
Location of Birth
Huntington Beach, 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 Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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Yes
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Hiroshi Tanaka oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 27, 2005
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Tanaka, Hiroshi: narrator
Garvey, John: interviewer
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2005OH0608_02_Tanaka
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Tanaka would grow up in southern California, helping his family work on the vegetable farm and playing with friends. During this time, the Great Depression occurred and he talks briefly about that. Next, he talks about his whereabouts during the attacks on Pearl Harbor. During this time, he saw family members taken in by the FBI and moved to immigration camps, eventually landing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Soon after, the President would sign executive order 9066, which would evacuate all the Japanese living on the west coast. Tanaka and his family would be moved to Poston concentration camp in Arizona, having to sell all his personal belongings along the way. He talks about what life was like in the camps, including getting work as a sign painter and a dish washer.
Subject
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World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Law and legislation--Executive Order 9066
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:28:27
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eng
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2005 September 27
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Las Vegas, Nevada
buddhist
cabbage
Chevrolet
Colorado River
desert
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
Farming
FBI
friends
Great Depression
guard towers
immigration center
Japan
Minister
Pearl Harbor
personal belongings
Poston Concentration Camp
religion
restrictions
salary
Santa Fe
Topanga Canyon
transportation
weather
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Suneko Oye oral history interview, October 2, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/732-Oye-Sunako-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1922 May 25
Location of Birth
Salinas, California
Incarceration Facilities
Poston Concentration Camp
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Civilian
Nickname
Sunkie
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Yes
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Suneko Oye oral history interview, part 2 of 4, October 2, 2008
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Oye, Suneko: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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2008OH0732_02_Oye
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Oye discusses the music and dance that she was involved with, traveling all the way down to Long Beach to perform. Next, she talks about her childhood home and the various things she was involved with as a kid, which included such things as skating, going to the movies and playing sports. As she was one of the more talented basketball players at the time, she would be captain of the team and would end up winning the championship in her league. It was after one of these basketball games that she would find out about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Originally she and her father had planned to go to Japan after she graduated from high school, but the war changed everything. With heavy restrictions and curfews, she was forced to remain with her family much of the time, until her father was taken in by the FBI and moved to San Francisco, then to New Mexico.
Subject
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Social activities
Education
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:57:43
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eng
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2008 October 02
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Seattle, Washington
basketball
buddhist
Buddhist Temple of Salinas
Butsudan
Curfew
family
father
FBI
Girls Athletic Association
ice box
identity
Japanese dance
movies
New Mexico
Pearl Harbor
Poston Concentration Camp
props
restrictions
San Francisco Immigration Bureau
skating
tennis
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217
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Tetsuya Ted Oye oral history interview, May 20, 2008
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/731-Oye-Ted-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Aug 20
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Location of Basic Training
Camp Robinson, Arkansas
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Champagne Campaign
Vosges
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
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Yes
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Tetsuya Ted Oye oral history interview, part 2 of 4, May 20, 2008
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Oye, Tetsuya Ted: narrator
Horsting, Robert: interviewer
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2008OH0731_02_Oye
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Oye continues his recollection of joining the Army by taking his brothers draft spot and reporting to Camp Robinson. He would first begin his training there before being sent to Camp Crowder to begin training with the Quartermaster Corps, and not being around many Nisei soldiers. Next, he talks about Executive Order 9066 and his parents being sent to the Puyallup assembly center and then Minidoka concentration camp in Idaho. He would be reassigned to training at Camp Carson, then Camp Hale to do office work before finally landing at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. There, he found out about the 442nd Regiment being formed and would become a squad leader. He talks about the maneuvers and Earl Finch, and what it was like to be in the South during that time. After this, he would be sent to Newport News to be shipped out to Europe.
Subject
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World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Camp Shelby
World War II--American Concentration Camps
Military service--Veteran history
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:58:33
Language
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eng
Date
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2008 May 20
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Seattle, Washington
100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team
10th Infantry Mountain Division
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Barracks
basic training
cadre
Camp Carson
Camp Crowder
Camp Hale
Camp Robinson
Camp Shelby
casualties
Civitavecchia
Colorado
country club
discrimination
draft number
Drafted
Earl Finch
enemy aliens
Executive Order 9066
family
Go For Broke
Hattiesburg
Hawaiian soldiers
Idaho
Italy
liberty ship
maneuvers
Military Trader Magazine
Minidoka Concentration Center
Mississippi
mustard gas
Newport News
Nisei soldiers
Non-commissioned officer
Pidgin English
provost marshal
Purple Heart Battalion
Puyallup Temporary Detention Center
Quartermaster Corps
restrictions
Senninbari
Shikata ga nai
squad leader
Virginia
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, June 28, 2005
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/583-Saito-Isamu-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1925 Apr 27
Location of Birth
Seattle, Washington
Incarceration Facilities
Puyallup Temporary Detention Facility
Minidoka Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Nickname
Sam
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Philippine Islands
Okinawa
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
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Isamu Saito oral history interview, part 2 of 6, June 28, 2005
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Saito, Isamu: narrator
Hawkins, Richard: interviewer
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2005OH0583_02_Saito
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Isamu "Sam" Saito recalls his school years. At school, the students are primarily Japanese Americans. The teachers had a hard time pronouncing the Japanese names. Therefore, many of the Japanese American students used English names for the benefit of the teachers. Sam keeps his Japanese name during his school years to avoid the teachers calling on him. Later in life, he changes his name to Sam.
Schooling was challenging for Sam because he had to rely on himself since he is the oldest child of Issei. He mentions the language and culture barriers with the Caucasian teachers as well.
Besides primary school, Sam attended Japanese language school. Therefore he did not participate in after-school activities. In the summertime, Sam is busy with summer school and working part-time. He works delivering the Japanese newspapers or working on a farm to earn money for new clothes.
In high school, Sam is aware of world news. He recalls December 7 and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. At school, Sam's friends blame the Japanese Americans. However, Sam does not feel the Japanese Americans are responsible. At home, Sam recalls the visit from the FBI.
childhood employment
December 7th
discrimination
family
FBI
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Japanese language school
job
Nisei
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and aftermath
President Roosevelt
radio broadcasts
restrictions
school
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Horace Nakamura oral history interview, February 24, 2001
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/151-Nakamura-Horace-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1927 Jan 29
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Korean War, 1950-1953
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Presidio of Monterey, California
Unit of Service
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)
Campaigns/Battles
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
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Yes
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Horace Nakamura oral history interview, part 2 of 6, February 24, 2001
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Nakamura, Horace: narrator
Tagami, Steve: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2001OH0151_02_Nakamura
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Nakamura discusses life in Hawaii during the war time, including martial law and heavy food rations. He talks about the various restrictions that the civilians had, and the few things that they would do for fun, such as going to the movies. He then talks about how the 100th and 442nd were formed and the background of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). He also talks about his personal identity during the wartime, and learning about the American concentration camps in the mainland. During this time, he was in high school, and would continue on as usual, taking English courses and putting out a yearbook. Only a couple of months after his high school graduation, he would be drafted into the Army and head to Schofield Barracks where he would be notified of his assignment to the Military Intelligence Service.
Subject
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Japanese Americans--World War II
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Education
Type
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Oral Histories
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video/m4v
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0:26:47
Language
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eng
Date
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2001 February 24
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Torrance, California
100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team
American Concentration Camps
Black Market
Buddhism
Curfew
democracy
Drafted
fishing
food rations
habeas corpus
Hawaii
impactful people
Martial Law
McKinley High School
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)
movies
Poston Concentration Camp
Red Cross
restrictions
Schofield Barracks
Shikata ga nai
sugar
volunteers
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James Kobayashi oral history interview, November 21, 2004
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Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Nov 25
Location of Birth
San Bernardino, 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
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
Southern France Campaign
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
The Gothic Line
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James Kobayashi oral history interview, part 2 of 4, November 21, 2004
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Kobayashi, James: narrator
Wasserman, Steven: interviewer
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2004OH0519_02_Kobayashi
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Besides attending primary school, James Jin Kobayashi attends a Japanese Language School. At home, he speaks half English and Japanese to his Issei parents.
James recalls the day of the bombing of Pearl harbor. He says it is regular business at the Kobayashi's family restaurant. However, the following days after, business slowed down. In San Bernardino, there are not many effects on Japanese Americans because not a lot of Japanese Americans lived in the area. Many of the Japanese farmers moved to Coachella and Riverside because the farming soil is better.
The bombing of Pearl harbor created restrictions such as a curfew and a notice of evacuation for Japanese Americans. The Kobayashi family sells their restaurant and temporarily lives at the Japanese Church before evacuation.
James describes arriving at Poston, Arizona, and living conditions. James is at Poston for a year for going to Utah and Chicago for work. In Chicago, he receives his draft notice and beings his Army life.
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
442nd
Arizona
Army
assembly center
barbed wire
Barracks
basic training
Block
Colorado River
Curfew
dances
draft notice
Drafted
employment
European Theater
evacuation
evacuation orders
Executive Order 9066
Farming
France
German soldiers
guard
interment camp
Issei
Issei parents
Japan language
Japanese language school
living conditions
Nisei
overseas
Pearl Harbor
Poston
restrictions
rifleman
Santa Anita
social dance
sugar beet
World War Two
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Ken Tamura oral history interview, May 1, 2000
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/118-Tamura-Ken-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1923 Mar 27
Location of Birth
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Incarceration Facilities
Pomona Temporary Detention Facility
Heart Mountain Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Drafted
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Campaigns/Battles
Champagne Campaign
The Gothic Line
Post-war Occupation of Japan
Tokyo
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Ken Tamura oral history interview, part 2 of 7, May 1, 2000
Creator
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Tamura, Ken: narrator
Lim, Reuben: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2000OH0118_02_Tamura
Description
An account of the resource
Ken Tamura discusses his childhood friend Woody and their friendship. The Tamura family sells their farm in Oklahoma and moves to Japan. Before arriving in Japan, the Tamura family visits California and Hawaii.
In Japan, Ken and his family live at their grandmother's home (Ken's mother's mother). Ken discusses adjusting to living in Japan and going to school.
When Ken is almost eighteen years old, the Tamura family moves back to the United States and resides in Los Angeles, CA. Ken recalls December 7 and evacuating to Pomona. Ken describes camp life and Heart Mountain Wyoming.
Arizona
barbed wires
black out
camp life
constitution
Constitutional Rights
December 7th
employment
evacuation
Executive Order 9066
farm
Farming
freedom
friendship
Heart Mountain
interment camp
Issei
Issei parents
Japan
Japanese American
Japanese culture
Japanese language
living conditions
mess hall
Nisei
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Pomona Assembly Center
restrictions
World War Two
Wyoming
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Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, May 6, 2004
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/451-Kodama-Mitsuo-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1919 Jan 05
Location of Birth
Mountain View, 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
Drafted
Nickname
Mits
Location of Basic Training
Camp Blanding, Florida
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Campaigns/Battles
The Gothic Line
Northern Apennines and Po Valley Campaigns
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, part 2 of 6, May 6, 2004
Creator
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Kodama, Mitsuo: 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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2004OH0451_02_Kodama
Description
An account of the resource
Kodama continues to discuss growing up as a Seventh-Day Adventist, having many restrictions such as not being able to go to football games or movies. After this, he talks about the holidays he grew up celebrating, including New Years and Christmas, where he would get to have his mother's specialty - sushi. He grew up learning Japanese culture and values, the most important being, do not bring shame to the family name. Growing up in Mountain View, he would grow up in a diverse population but felt he had limitations as a Japanese American. He would attend Mountain View Union High School and play basketball with friends, also talking about the people that impacted his life at this time.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
Education
Social activities
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
0:29:00
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 May 06
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Las Vegas, Nevada
basketball
Boy's Day
Chicago
Christmas
cooking
culture
family
fights
friends
holidays
impactful people
Japanese language school
Mountain View
Mountain View Elementary School
Mountain View Union High School
New Years
police
population
religion
restrictions
Seventh Day Adventist
shame
sushi
swimming
values
water polo
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Robert Yano oral history interview, March 6, 2004
Oral History
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/415-Yano-Robert-3.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1924 Feb 04
Location of Birth
Kingsburg, California
Incarceration Facilities
Gila River Concentration Camp
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Dobie
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
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
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Robert Yano oral history interview, part 3 of 6, March 6, 2004
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Yano, Robert: narrator
Wasserman, Steven: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2004OH0415_03_Yano
Description
An account of the resource
Yano continues to talk about his schooling, taking a history class and finding the Constitution and the way the Japanese Americans were being treated was unjust. He would end up throwing the book across the room and leaving the classroom, never to return again. After this, he goes back and talks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor, playing basketball in Lindsay, and seeing the reaction of his father. They would be faced with a lot of restrictions and curfew, seeing a lot of prejudice throughout the process. His family would be evacuated and sent to Gila River Concentration Camp, losing almost all of their personal belongings and leaving the farm to a man that would end up stealing a lot of their produce. After this, he talks about arriving at the camp, and seeing one of his friends from high school working as a military policeman, ignoring Yano.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
World War II--American Concentration Camps--Gila River
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath
Type
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Oral Histories
Format
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video/m4v
Extent
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0:28:31
Language
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eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2004 March 06
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Fresno, California
barbed wire
Barracks
basketball
California
constitution
Curfew
evacuation
family
farm
free zone
Gila River Concentration Camp
guard tower
high school
history
language
latrines
Lindsay
living conditions
No-no boys
Pearl Harbor
personal belongings
prejudice
restrictions
stealing
Tule Lake Concentration Camp
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Tomoichi "Fish" Sakaji oral history interview, September 20, 2003
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/379-Sakaji-Tomo-4.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1920 Nov 26
Location of Birth
Santa Maria, 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
Fish
Location of Basic Training
Camp Hood, Texas
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
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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Title
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Tomoichi "Fish" Sakaji oral history interview, part 4 of 6, September 20, 2003
Creator
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Sakaji, Tomoichi: narrator
Wasserman, Steven: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
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Go For Broke National Education Center
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2003OH0379_04_Sakaji
Description
An account of the resource
Sakaji talks about his friendship with a sheriff prior to forced removal; discusses restrictions and the curfew that was enforced after the attack on Pearl Harbor; and discusses volunteering for the Army and his brother's military service. He then talks about basic training and his experiences after basic training which involved going on KP duty and reporting to Fort Snelling for Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Next, Sakaji talks about Fort Snelling including discussing living conditions, Hawaiian soldiers, and classes. Sakaji also talks about his interactions with Japanese civilians while overseas; discusses some of his experiences in Sendai and Tokyo; and talks about meeting his wife while at [Gila River]. Lastly, Sakaji talks about his post-war employment; discusses moving back to California; talks about studying while at MIS; discusses his experiences as an interpreter; and talks about POWs.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Allied Occupation of Japan
World War II--Military service--Basic training--Fort Snelling
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.
0:30:44
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2003 September 20
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Santa Maria, California
Fort Snelling
KP duty
marriage
Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
POW
restrictions
volunteer
-
Dublin Core
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Mike "Peep Sight" Hara oral history interview, April 3, 2003
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/342-Hara-Mike-2.m4v
Date of Birth
[YYYY-MM-DD]
1921 Apr 10
Location of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service
Army
Entrance into Service
Drafted or Volunteered
Volunteered
Nickname
Peep Sight
Location of Basic Training
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Unit of Service
442nd Regimental Combat Team
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
Campaigns/Battles
Southern France Campaign
Champagne Campaign
Bruyeres, Belmont, Biffontaine
Rescue of the Lost Battalion
Central Europe Campaign
Index
indicates an oral history item with an XML file indexed in OHMS.
Yes
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Mike "Peep Sight" Hara oral history interview, part 2 of 6, April 3, 2003
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hara, Mike: narrator
Dojiri, Michelle: interviewer
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Source
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Go For Broke National Education Center
Identifier
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2003OH0342_02_Hara
Description
An account of the resource
During his high school summer years, Hara would work at a pineapple cannery to earn money for his family, while he lived with his uncle. Later, while working as a carpenter, the Pearl Harbor bombings occurred and all the Japanese were rounded up by the FBI. From that point on, all Japanese were required to wear a black badge when working and had to adhere to a strict curfew. A couple of years later, Hara would then volunteer for the Army and head to Schofield.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education
Industry and employment
Hawaii-- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
World War II--Military 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.
0:28:46
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2003 April 03
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Army
benshi
black badge
carpentry
Curfew
Japanese langauge school
McKinley High School
Pearl Harbor
pineapple cannery
restrictions
volunteer
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