Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 1 of 5, February 11, 2005

Files

Dublin Core

Description

Teramura begins the interview talking about growing up in Lents, Oregon. His family would come over from Shiga prefecture in Japan and start a farm, where Yasu would work from the age of 7 on. During the Great Depression they had to move from Lents to Oregon City, near Portland and continue their farming. He talks about his family background and attending Oregon City High School, while fishing in his spare time.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:28:45

Language

Spatial Coverage

Identifier

2005OH0529_01_Teramura

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/529-Teramura-Yasu-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1922 Nov 18

Location of Birth

Incarceration Facilities

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Location of Basic Training

Index

Yes

Citation

Teramura, Yasu: narrator, Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 1 of 5, February 11, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051119.