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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 …

Devastation in Tokyo after World War II
Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004
The devastation, well, we both saw it -- we saw it both in Manila and …

Finding his relative among Japanese prisoners
Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003
They're gonna have a war crime trial so since I was there, so therefore they …

Teaching at the military language school during World War II
Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004
My Japanese was quite good in terms of writing and so forth. One of the …

Awareness of concentration camps as a Japanese American
Francis Y. Sogi May 29, 2006
Yes, as I recall they came from the camps. Which ones I wasn’t too aware …

Joined Japanese Imperial Army during the WWII (Spanish)
Luis Yamada September 18, 2006
(Spanish) The majority of high school or college students had the tendency to want to …

Attempts to sign up for military service
Clifford Uyeda July 1-2, 1998
At first I thought, well, I would apply to the navy. But then the navy …

Father’s words
Daniel K. Inouye May 31, 2001
On the day I left to put on the uniform, he took time off which …

Resisting transfer from Jerome
Young O. Kim August 28, 1995
When I, the next day, the battalion commander came in, maybe he heard that I …

Appearance vs. Combat Effectiveness
Young O. Kim August 28, 1995
In the military there’s a very, very strong belief that if you polish your shoes …
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