Kenneth Takehara oral history interview, part 1 of 3, November 3, 2009

Takehara begins the interview speaking about his family background and growing up in Maui. During his childhood, he would attend school and Japanese language school, where he would learn kendo and judo. He would attend high school in Maui and then pursue a college education at Simpson College in Iowa. During this time, the attacks on Pearl Harbor would occur and Takehara would have to explain to groups of people in Iowa, the intricacies of Hawaii. Not long after this, he would be drafted into the Army and begin his basic training at Camp Shelby. There he would train as a medic and would ship out to North Africa to get acclimated to the war. Shortly after, they would begin their combat duty in Italy and France, getting wounded more than once from shrapnel.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/982-Takehara-Ken-1.m4v

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