Hiroshi Shishido oral history interview, part 1 of 3, January 17, 2009

Shishido begins the interview talking about his family coming over from Japan to Hawaii and then moving back to Japan with his eldest brother and sister, Hiroshi choosing to stay behind with his younger brother. He would grow up on Maui, helping out at his aunt's farm and attending school and Japanese language school. Next, he talks about the attacks on Pearl Harbor and being drafted into the Army. He would head to Schofield Barracks and Fort Shasta to begin his field training, skipping over basic training altogether. He would be sent to Japan to begin his first assignment as an interpreter. There, he would interrogate and interpret for prisoners of war and obtain information about the ongoing war in the Pacific. He would also go on a short trip to Palau to evacuate the locals, but ended up being stranded there for 7 months before returning to Saipan.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/964-Shishido-Hiroshi-1.m4v

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