Takeso "Tak" Shintaku oral history interview, part 1 of 4, November 23, 2003

Files

Dublin Core

Description

Shintaku discusses his Father, Mother, and siblings. His Father is a share cropper for a Danish Family. Due to the Alien Land Law, his father is unable to purchase his own land. Shintaku faces discrimination at school and when he gets older, he takes over the farm to help his Father. Shintaku recalls Pearl Harbor and race discrimination.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:28:44

Language

Identifier

2003OH0400_01_Shintaku

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/400-Shintaku-Takeso-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1918 May 21

Location of Birth

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Nickname

Location of Basic Training

Index

Yes

Citation

Shintaku, Takeso: narrator, Wasserman, Steven: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Takeso "Tak" Shintaku oral history interview, part 1 of 4, November 23, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050054.