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Minori Sueda oral history interview, part 1 of 6, 2003-06-22
No full textMinori Sueda talks about his family and early life growing up in Redondo Beach and Torrance, California. He also talks about feeling like a second class citizen as a Japanese-American and his high school experience
Wally Yonamine oral history interview, part 2 of 6, 2004-06-16
No full textIn 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
Tetsuo Asato oral history interview, part 2 of 5, 2001-02-24
No full textIn this video clip, Tets Asato describes basic training at Camp Shelby and his journey overseas. He was part of the replacement group that joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in France, and took part in the Gothic Line and Po Valley Campaigns
Kim Ida Surh oral history interview, part 4 of 8, 2003-10-26
No full textDuring this interview, Kim Ida Surh touches on some personal, emotional memories. She first discusses the pain of her Sunday school teacher excluding her brother and her from a party and the effect it had on her emotionally as she grew up. Later, Surh talks about other memories from her adolescence, such as meeting Young Kim, her early high school years, and dating in general. Lastly, Surh finishes by discussing an array of topics, such as her plans after high school, marrying Young Kim, and the emotional pain of seeing her Japanese American friend being forcibly removed from her home because of Executive Order 9066
Ben Uyemura oral history interview, part 1 of 5, 2004-01-25
No full textIn this segment Ben Uyemura talks about his upbringing in a poor neighborhood of Los Angeles. His parents did not have a lot but he remembers they both were hardworking people. He talks about the activities he was in as a kid in grammar school, and the highlights of high school, especially building a car. His employment primarily was working as a truck driver, but he also worked in produce and plumbing. After being drafted into the service, he became a truck driver. As war broke out after Pearl Harbor, his picture appeared in the newspaper due to being in town in his uniform carrying out orders
Ben Uyemura oral history interview, part 3 of 5, 2004-01-25
No full textIn this segment, we briefly hear Uyemura talking about his shoes and how he only wore one pair of boots. The interviewer picks back up in mid conversation about Uyemura using his military leave to visit his family in camp and how easy it was to sneak in and not be caught by the guards. He goes in depth talking about his time in basic training and laughs while noting that he went through basic training three times before going into combat. Uyemura also talks about his first day in combat and life during combat in France and Italy. Apart from combat, he tells us the steps necessary to operate a machine gun and how many men it took to operate such heavy weaponry
Robert Iso oral history interview, part 4 of 4, 2003-08-30
No full textIso tells about his most memorable or rewarding experience in combat and other combat experiences. He discusses briefly his impressions of the relationships and tensions between Hawaiian and Mainland soldiers of Japanese ancestry. He ends his interview discussing his service with the Americans with the Disabled American Veteran's Association, as well as Go For Broke National Education Center. He continues with a brief message about the Japanese American incarcerees' military service. The interview ends with photographs. Note, audio is poor.; This portion of the interview ends with a bad audio connection [Physical Media Notes
James Mitsumori oral history interview, part 6 of 6, 2003-08-09
No full textDuring this part of the interview; James Mitsumori picks up mid-story in regards to a correction to one of his previous statements about Japanese koseki tohon. In addition, James discusses his involvement in the community, as well as the start of the Memorial Hospital of the Japanese Community, which he was a board member of. Moreover, James recalls his experience with the Japanese American Optimists Club and the interview ends with him giving words of advice to future generations.; This part of the interview begins mid-story [Physical Media Notes
Harry Fukuhara oral history interview, part 4 of 10, 2001-06-02
No full textHarry Fukuhara was evacuated to Tulare Assembly Center in California. In this video clip, he talks about his experience living there. He and many other Japanese American internees were relocated to the Gila River concentration camp. From there, he was recruited into the Military Intelligence Service as a Japanese linguist
Noboru Kagawa oral history interview, part 4 of 5, 1998-06-27
No full textKagawa discusses returning home on the Wilson Victory, treatment of Hawaiian soldiers in California, current social climates reflective of discrimination and prejudice, his communicating home while in the war, post-war treatment of Japanese American soldiers, the Japanese American community today, and he reflects the future of the Japanese American communities