Shizuya Hayashi oral history interview, part 1 of 4, June 11, 2000
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Hayashi recounts his family and childhood growing up on a plantation in Hawaii. He describes working with his parents on the plantation and later jobs he worked to try to make a living wage. Hayashi was drafted into the 65th Engineer Battalion in 1941, prior to Pearl Harbor, and discusses his duties in the outfit. He describes what he was doing the day of the Pearl Harbor attack and the aftermath of the attack. He concludes by discussing his assignment at Fort Kamehameha, before being shipped out from Hawaii.
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00:25:26
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2000OH0122_01_Hayashi
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/122-Hayashi-Shizuya-1.m4v
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1917 Nov 28
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Hayashi, Shizuya: narrator, Yahata, Craig: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Shizuya Hayashi oral history interview, part 1 of 4, June 11, 2000,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1055522.