Gary Uchida oral history interview, part 2 of 4, April 1, 2003

Uchida describes walking to and from school through the mountainous terrain where he lived. An avid surfer, he describes building his own surfboard out of inferior materials for lack of balsa wood. Later, he describes his role in the popular Halekulani Hotel luaus, befriending the hotel's rich clientele, and meeting his wife. He then describes the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath which included his forced disarmament and transport to the Mainland due to Japanese American soldiers' suspected disloyalty to the United States. He describes being required to pull the shades down on the train windows to disguise the identity of its passengers from the public.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/338-Uchida-Gary-2.m4v

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