Kennie Namba oral history interview, part 1 of 6, July 13, 2001

Files

Dublin Core

Description

Namba discusses his siblings; and talks about his parents immigrating to the United States from Japan, his father's work as a farmer, and his mother's education in Japan. He then talks about traditional Japanese family values; his father's personality; his childhood neighbors who were Japanese American; and attending Japanese language school and the values he learned there. Lastly, Namba talks about his childhood and discusses discipline, religion, and friendships, as well as the types of social events he attended both as a child and as an adult.

Format

video/m4v

Extent

0:28:37

Language

Spatial Coverage

Identifier

2001OH0185_01_Namba

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/185-Namba-Kennie-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1925 May 02

Location of Birth

War or Conflict

Branch of Service

Entrance into Service

Index

Yes

Citation

Namba, Kennie: narrator, Hawkins, Richard: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Kennie Namba oral history interview, part 1 of 6, July 13, 2001,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052080.