Kenichi Sato oral history interview, part 1 of 5, July 28, 2002
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Sato begins the interview talking about how his parents came from Fukushima to Maui. His father would farm silk worms and work on the sugar plantation, also learning sumo and carpentry along the way. He talks quickly about his wife's parents route to Maui also, going first through Peru until finally arriving in Hawaii. His mother would work at a dairy farm, bringing back kiawe beans. Kenichi would enjoy swimming, fishing and playing sports while attending Kahului Elementary School and then Baldwin High School.
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0:28:56
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2002OH0299_01_Sato
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/299-Sato-Kenichi-1.m4v
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1926 Apr 04
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War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
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Sato, Kenichi: narrator, Horsting, Robert: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Kenichi Sato oral history interview, part 1 of 5, July 28, 2002,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053102.