Paul Matsumoto oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 27, 2006
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Matsumoto gives us a thorough recollection of his family background and growing up in Hawaii. Next, he talks about being 17 and seeing Japanese planes fly overhead as he played football with friends, which a year later resulted in his volunteering for the Army. Matsumoto then speaks about being shipped out from Schofield Barracks to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to begin his basic training and guarding German POWs in the Afrika Korps. Finally, he discusses the early hostility between Mainland and Hawaiian
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video/m4v
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0:58:04
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Spatial Coverage
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2006OH0730_01_Matsumoto
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URL
http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/730-Matsumoto-Paul-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1924 Dec 07
Location of Birth
War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
Location of Basic Training
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Campaigns/Battles
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Yes
Citation
Matsumoto, Paul: narrator, Horstong, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Paul Matsumoto oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 27, 2006,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051579.