Kazuichi Hamasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 2, March 21, 2006

Hamasaki begins by giving a background of his family, as well as a sense of what it was like growing up in Maui. Next, he talks about the Pearl Harbor attacks and the effects that it had on the community, the ministers and the Japanese language teachers being detained and sent away. Following high school, he would volunteer for the Army and head to the Schofield Barracks to get ready to ship to the mainland. After two weeks, he would be sent to Camp Shelby in Mississippi to begin his basic training and prepare to go overseas. A little over a year passes until he is sent to Oran, North Africa and then to Italy where he would see combat. At Hill 140 he would encounter many casualties and see the hardships of combat.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/657-Hamasaki-Kaz-1.m4v

1922 May 02

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