Hiroshi Yafuso oral history interview, part 1 of 4, March 21, 2005

Files

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Description

Hiroshi Yafuso talks about Japanese farming in Hakalau. He also discusses his experiences in Japanese school and church. Yafuso talks about the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath. He goes on to reveal how he was drafted and how he ended up in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). He talks about the translation work he did while in the South Pacific.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:28:27

Language

eng

Spatial Coverage

Hilo, Hawaii

Identifier

2005OH0548_01_Yafuso

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/548-Yafuso-Hiroshi-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1919 Nov 26

Location of Birth

Hakalau, Hawaii

War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Branch of Service

Army

Entrance into Service

Drafted

Index

Yes

Citation

Yafuso, Hiroshi: narrator et al., “Hiroshi Yafuso oral history interview, part 1 of 4, March 21, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051304.