Manabi "Colorado" Hirasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 6, April 17, 1999

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Description

Hirasaki discusses his family background and his youth in northern California. He talks about how his father emigrated to the United States as a youth with his father; and eventually became a landowner. Hirasaki also shares anecdotes regarding: going off to college; learning to drive at a young age; growing up in a close knit farming town sporadically populated with Japanese Americans.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:28:24

Language

Spatial Coverage

Identifier

1999OH0049_01_Hirasaki

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/049-Hirasaki-Manabi-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1923 Mar 02

Location of Birth

Incarceration Facilities

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Nickname

Location of Basic Training

Index

Yes

Citation

Hirasaki, Manabi: narrator, Sato, Christine: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Manabi "Colorado" Hirasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 6, April 17, 1999,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050071.