Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, part 1 of 5, October 18, 1999

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Shigeru Inouye is born February 3, 1919, in Honolulu, HI. He is the youngest of seven children.

Shigeru recalls his school years at McKinley High School and the University of Hawaii. On November 14, 1941, Shigeru receives his draft notice. He discusses the events of Pearl Harbor and going to the Mainland to Camp McCoy.

At Camp McCoy, Shigeru goes through intense training and visits his brother in Chicago, IL, on his furloughs.

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1999OH0082_01_Inouye

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/082-Inouye-Shigeru-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1919 Feb 03

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Citation

Inouye, Shigeru: narrator, Kawata, Ian: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Shigeru Inouye oral history interview, part 1 of 5, October 18, 1999,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 3, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050447.