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Ariyoshi,Jean Hayashi

Day Pearl Harbor was bombed

Jean Hayashi Ariyoshi December 15, 2003

The day that Pearl Harbor was bombed. I remember I was walking to church on …

Kawakami,Barbara

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004

While we were talking, we saw the Japanese plane with the hinomaru, the “rising sun” …

Kochiyama,Yuri

Didn't have rights that whites had

Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003

We didn’t have all the rights that caucasians had, and it was because of racism. …

Kochiyama,Yuri

The day Pearl Harbor was bombed

Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003

When I drove to the main street, Pacific Avenue, I never saw this before, but …

Yamauchi,Wakako Nakamura

Her experience as a Japanese-American schoolchild in Oceanside, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Wakako Nakamura Yamauchi May 22, 1998

I was seventeen, I was a senior in high school. We were making ready; this …

Kosaki,Richard

Working at a first aid station on Oahu after December 7

Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004

The senior year with great expectations, and lo and behold on this senior year, December …

Houston,Jeanne Wakatsuki

Impact of Pearl Harbor on her family

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston December 27, 2005

I can remember that term, Pearl Harbor, because I didn’t know what it was. I’m …

Sogi,Francis Y.

Remembering December 7, 1941

Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006

I was living at that time at 944 Cook Street in Honolulu. As a freshman …

Inouye,Daniel K.

Recalling Pearl Harbor

Daniel K. Inouye May 31, 2001

I lived about 15 miles from Pearl Harbor, but from there you can see the …

Ohta,Herb

Living in Hawaii after Pearl Harbor

Herb Ohta August 2012

I was born on October 21st, 1934. I was born in Honolulu at the Kapi’olani …

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