Wright Nagasaka oral history interview, part 1 of 6, February 11, 2005
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Nagasaka begins the interview with an introduction and talks about what it was like to grow up on a hog ranch near Portland, Oregon. He talks about the various ways that they made money off of the hogs and where he was when he first head of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Next, he talks about his family background, and how his mother once had to save him from drowning in a canal. After this, he talks about his education including going to Benson Polytechnic High School and taking aviation courses. He also talks about his siblings and other family members.
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video/m4v
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0:29:21
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2005OH0528_01_Nagasaka
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/528-Nagasaka-Wright-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1925 Oct 17
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War or Conflict
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Campaigns/Battles
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Yes
Citation
Nagasaka, Wright: narrator, Nakaishi, Russell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Wright Nagasaka oral history interview, part 1 of 6, February 11, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051104.