Masuo Tsuda oral history interview, part 2 of 5, May 1, 2005

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Description

Tsuda discusses playing football in high school and being named the team captain. Next, he talks about where he was when he first heard on the radio that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. Due to the executive order 9066, he and his family would be forced to evacuate their home and move to the SalinasTemporary Detention Center, which was the rodeo grounds. After a short time there, they would head to Poston Concentration Camps, where they would sneak off to the Colorado River and eat rattlesnake soup. He would work there, putting concrete into the various structures before saying "yes, yes" to the loyalty questions and volunteering to join the Army.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:27:40

Language

Spatial Coverage

Identifier

2005OH0564_02_Tsuda

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/564-Tsuda-Masuo-2.m4v

Date of Birth

1924 Jun 21

Location of Birth

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Location of Basic Training

Index

Yes

Citation

Tsuda, Masuo: narrator, Wasserman, Steven: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Masuo Tsuda oral history interview, part 2 of 5, May 1, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051392.