Don Okubo oral history interview, part 3 of 7, January 22, 2002
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Okubo discusses how Hawaii is fortunate that there is no interment camps like the Mainland after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. However, the Japanese Community Leaders and Buddhist Priests are rounded up. Okubo reflects why this happened.
Originally Okubo volunteers for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team but the Military already receives enough soldiers. Later Okubo volunteers again when a request is announce for Japanese Americans with the knowledge of the Japanese language. He recalls traveling to the Mainland, basic training and special training for Military Intelligence Service (MIS).
Originally Okubo volunteers for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team but the Military already receives enough soldiers. Later Okubo volunteers again when a request is announce for Japanese Americans with the knowledge of the Japanese language. He recalls traveling to the Mainland, basic training and special training for Military Intelligence Service (MIS).
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0:29:35
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2002OH0238_03_Okubo
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/238-Okubo-Don-3.m4v
Date of Birth
1919 Jan 23
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War or Conflict
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Yes
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Okubo, Don: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Don Okubo oral history interview, part 3 of 7, January 22, 2002,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052433.