Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 2 of 5, February 11, 2005
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Teramura continues his recollection of his school years in Oregon, his favorite subject being math. He discusses some of the impactful teachers he had and some of the discrimination that he faced during his childhood. After graduating from Oregon City High School, he would attend trade school. Next, he talks about his whereabouts when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and seeing Ambassador Nomura just a few days before it happened. After Pearl Harbor, his family would be evacuated and sent to Portland assembly center. His family would continue on to Minidoka concentration camp, but Yasu would find work at a sugar beet farm and work there until he was drafted into the Army.
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video/m4v
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0:28:54
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2005OH0529_02_Teramura
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/529-Teramura-Yasu-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1922 Nov 18
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Teramura, Yasu: narrator, Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yasu Teramura oral history interview, part 2 of 5, February 11, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051120.