Akira Iwasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 5, July 14, 2001
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Iwasaki begins the interview talking about his family, as his parents came from Shiga prefecture in Japan and settling first in British Columbia, Canada followed by Hillsboro, Oregon. His family would own a 50-acre farm in Oregon, harvesting strawberries and other goods. Next, he talks about growing up in Hillsboro, being the only Japanese Americans in the area during the Great Depression. After this, he talks about high school life, and then attending an automotive trade school while working on the farm. He would then be drafted into the Army, but defer it for six months.
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video/m4v
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0:29:20
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2001OH0188_01_Iwasaki
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/188-Iwasaki-Akira-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1916 Jul 08
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War or Conflict
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Yes
Citation
Iwasaki, Akira: narrator, Nakamatsu, Karen: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Akira Iwasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 5, July 14, 2001,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052095.