Kojiro Kawaguchi oral history interview, part 1 of 4, December 19, 1999
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Kawaguchi discusses his childhood growing up in San Francisco, California, including talking about going to school, his hobbies, religion and his involvement with the church, and going to Japanese school. He also recalls a story regarding the discrimination he faced when looking for employment, and his thoughts on the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lastly, Kawaguchi discusses his family's experiences after Executive Order 9066, the living conditions he faced while at Topaz Incarceration Camp, working at Hull House in Chicago, and being part of a non-segregated unit while attending basic training for Military Intelligence Service (MIS) at Fort Hood, before being transferred to Fort Snelling.
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video/m4v
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00:26:04
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1999OH0098_01_Kawaguchi
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/098-Kawaguchi-Koji-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1921 Apr 28
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Incarceration Facilities
War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Kawaguchi, Kojiro: narrator, Enomoto, Satomi: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Kojiro Kawaguchi oral history interview, part 1 of 4, December 19, 1999,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1050649.