Richard Tochihara oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 14, 2002
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Tochihara discusses his whereabouts when first hearing of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. As he had dropped out of high school, he was working and he would continue working until the very last second when he would be forced to leave to Puyallup assembly center. He would be sent to Minidoka concentration camp after that and live there, working outside of the camp when possible, topping sugar beets and then working as a stonemason. He would also work at a Coca Cola factory owned by Ty Cobb's family. Tochihara also talks about the living conditions of the concentration camps and getting along with Hawaiian soldiers when he joined the Army. He would enjoy a 30-day furlough before arriving at Camp Shelby to begin his basic training.
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0:26:14
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2002OH0303_02_Tochihara
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/303-Tochihara-Richard-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1923 Apr 17
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Entrance into Service
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Citation
Tochihara, Richard: narrator, Hirata, Jared: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Richard Tochihara oral history interview, part 2 of 5, September 14, 2002,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1053185.