Seisaburo Taba oral history interview, part 1 of 3, June 25, 2007

Taba begins the interview talking about his family background and his parents coming over to Hawaii from Okinawa. Growing up in Hawaii, he was able to attend Japanese language school and have a close family relationship, including a handful of siblings. He would attend high school and play football while working to help his family out. Shortly after high school, the attacks on Pearl Harbor occurred and things would change from that point on. Even while at the movies, he would experience small bouts of discrimination, being called "Jap" for the first time in his life. He would then join the Army and join the 442nd, first training at Schofield Barracks and then getting shipped to the mainland to begin basic training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/772-Taba-Seisaburo-1.m4v

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