Mitsuo Kodama oral history interview, part 3 of 6, May 6, 2004

Kodama discusses the feeling he had that Japanese Americans were limited in their activities during his childhood, including dances and sports. He had hopes of attending UC Berkeley and was originally accepted but was later rejected and would end up gardening instead. He talks about his knowledge of the wars overseas, and hearing that the USA and Japan would fight one another eventually. Next, he talks about being at a basketball tournament in San Jose, when he first heard of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Soon after, they would get an evacuation notice and have to sell off their belongings or give them away. They would be sent to Santa Anita race track for temporary detention, saying "shikata ga nai" to their situation.

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2004OH0451_03_Kodama

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/451-Kodama-Mitsuo-3.m4v

1919 Jan 05

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