Yoshio Anzai oral history interview, part 1 of 4, October 31, 2001
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Anzai discusses growing up in Maui, before relocating to Japan with his mother and siblings when he was five years old. Anzai talks about his experiences traveling to Japan, learning Japanese, going to school in Japan, watching samurai movies, and corresponding with his father via letters. Anzai also details about how his mother passed away, being raised by his grandparents, and working on their rice farm before going back to Hawaii. Lastly, Anzai discusses religion, getting drafted, and his assignment in Maui with the National Guard before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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00:29:27
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2001OH0212_01_Anzai
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/212-Anzai-Yoshio-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1917 Jan 16
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War or Conflict
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Yes
Citation
Anzai, Yoshio: narrator, Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Yoshio Anzai oral history interview, part 1 of 4, October 31, 2001,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 26, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052213.