Fred Ida oral history interview, part 3 of 8, September 29, 2003
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Ida talks more about his high school education at Mid-Pacific Institute in Hawaii, where he would play tennis and baseball. After graduation, he would work for the St. Louis Club until the attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred. He talks about seeing buildings on fire and that being his first indication that the war had begun for the United States. Next, he talks about the Varsity Victory Volunteers and being taken in by the FBI. After speaking with Captain Jack Burns, he would volunteer for the Army in order to avoid any problems with the FBI.
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video/m4v
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0:27:48
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Spatial Coverage
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2003OH0237R_03_Ida
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/237R-Ida-Fred-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1921 Jan 23
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Ida, Fred: narrator, Miyamoto, Phil: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Fred Ida oral history interview, part 3 of 8, September 29, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052425.