Edward M. Yamasaki oral history interview, part 1 of 3, December 7, 2007

Yamasaki begins the interview talking about how his family came from Japan to Hawaii. As his parents were born in Hawaii, he was a sansei, and would speak very little Japanese at home. His father would help to get him into a private elite school, called Punahou School, which helped him get acquainted with a more diverse population than most Hawaiians. He would have some influence of Japanese culture from both his grandparents and the Japanese language school that he attended after regular school. Next, he talks about Pearl Harbor and how he came to join the Army after a year at the University of Hawaii. He would be inducted at Schofield Barracks before being sent to Mississippi to begin his basic training at Camp Shelby. There, he would train as a machine gunner for I Company until he was shipped out to Europe.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/846-Yamasaki-Ed-1.m4v

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