Wally Yonamine oral history interview, part 2 of 6, June 16, 2004
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In this segment, Wally Yonamine covers a wide variety of topics. He begins by speaking about his childhood and the different activities he participated in during his youth. He talks about playing many sports as a kid and eventually quitting Japanese language school in favor of sports, a decision he admits regretting. Yonamine proceeds to talk about the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently being drafted and going to basic training. He also considers himself lucky for not having to see combat in Europe. He spends the remainder of the interview segment recalling his many memories on playing football professionally.
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00:29:09
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2004OH0458_02_Yonamine
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Yonamine, Wally: narrator, Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: creator, “Wally Yonamine oral history interview, part 2 of 6, June 16, 2004,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed November 23, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/557.