Manabu Bruce Kusunoki oral history interview, part 1 of 3, March 28, 2009

Kusunoki and the interviewer's introduce themselves. Kusunoki talks about his parents. He discusses what his father did for work. He describes his siblings. He talks about Japanese language school. He discusses his family's desire to return to Japan. He explains his Japanese American identity. He describes his Issei parents and their cultural identity. He explains how he planned to have a successful future. He talks about his friendships. He describes the family farm. He shares his aspirations as a child. He explains the extent to which he understood Japanese. He talks about the Japanese community in his town. He discusses his interactions with other ethnic communities. He describes his religious upbringing. He talks about his childhood mentors. He describes the agricultural community he grew up in. Kusunoki discusses the treatment of the Japanese American community. He briefly talks about sake. He describes the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath. He shares his knowledge of the United States and Japan relationship.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/972-Kusunoki-Manabu-1.m4v

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