James Oura oral history interview, part 1 of 6, October 23, 2005
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Oura begins the interview talking about how his family came from Miyagi prefecture to Honolulu, Hawaii. His father came to work at the sugar plantation, where James and his siblings would grow up with very little money and food but surviving nonetheless. He would attend both english and Japanese language schools and end up graduating from Kahuka High School. Soon after, the attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred and he remembers seeing a fallen plane and hearing about the attacks on the radio. As he was a boy scout, they were told he would be a messenger if needed.
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video/m4v
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0:28:49
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2005OH0625_01_Oura
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/625-Oura-James-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 Nov 15
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Oura, James: narrator, Sakai, Eileen: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “James Oura oral history interview, part 1 of 6, October 23, 2005,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1051733.