Kayo Hayakawa oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 18, 2005
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Hayakawa talks about his father’s reasons for going to Japan and Manchuria; discusses his childhood trip to Japan; talks about his post-high school employment working at a coal mine; and talks about his life after Executive Order 9066. Next, Hayakawa talks about attending business college; discusses the boarding house his parents ran and the boarders; discusses curfew; and talks about his wife's incarceration. Hayakawa also talks about getting drafted; meeting veterans from the 100th Infantry Battalion while at Fort Douglas; basic training at Camp Shelby with the 171st Infantry Battalion; and his experiences during anti-tank training. Lastly, Hayakawa talks about joining the 100th during the Champagne Campaign, and recalls stories he heard regarding the 100th before joining them overseas.
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video/m4v
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0:26:30
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2005OH0603_02_Hayakawa
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/603-Hayakawa-Kayo-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1922 Feb 14
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Hayakawa, Kayo: narrator, Inouye, Jason: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Kayo Hayakawa oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 18, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051629.