Tsunetake Nishibayashi oral history interview, part 1 of 2, October 11, 2010
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Nishibayashi begins the interview with an introduction of his family and how they came from Kumamoto to Hawaii. He would grow up in a plantation village, where he would attend Japanese language school as well as normal english school. He enjoyed swimming at the local reservoir with friends and would work at the plantation after high school. Next, he talks about Pearl Harbor and the aftereffects it had on him. Then, in 1946, he would join the Army for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and head to Presidio to begin his language training.
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video/m4v
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0:53:17
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2010OH1018_01_Nishibayashi
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/1018-Nishibayoshi-Tsunetake-1.m4v
Date of Birth
1921 May 16
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Yes
Citation
Nishibayashi, Tsunetake: narrator et al., “Tsunetake Nishibayashi oral history interview, part 1 of 2, October 11, 2010,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 21, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1052460.