Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, part 1 of 6, May 6, 2004
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Kodama begins the interview talking about his parents and how they came from Japan and settled down in Mountain View, California. They would become farmers, specializing in fruit, and help to run an on-sen as well. He also talks about his sisters and the discipline that they had growing up and some fond memories that he had with each parent. He would attend regular and Japanese language school during his childhood, learning Japanese culture and values, but growing up as a Seventh-day Adventist.
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0:30:16
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2004OH0451_01_Kodama
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/451-Kodama-Mitsuo-1.m4v
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1919 Jan 05
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Kodama, Mitsuo: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, part 1 of 6, May 6, 2004,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050491.