Takeshi "Tak" Ota oral history interview, part 2 of 4, August 29, 2003

0:00 - Moving during childhood; and life after Executive Order 9066

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Keywords: Caucasian; Chular; Driscoll Farms; friends; Japanese; Salinas; school

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4:16 - Life at Salinas temporary detention facility

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Keywords: barracks; family; food; restroom; rodeo; Shikata ga nai; WRA

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8:59 - Life at Poston Concentration Camp

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Keywords: baseball; dust; family; food; siblings; soldiers; teacher; watchtower; weather

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16:12 - Getting drafted; and going to Camp Blanding

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Keywords: basic training; food; Fort Leavenworth; Fort MacArthur; Fort Snelling; sheep farm

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20:32 - Life at Fort Snelling and Military Intelligence Service (MIS) training

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Keywords: Hawaiian soldiers; kanji; Military Intelligence Service Language School; Nisei; snow; study; weather

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24:53 - Traveling overseas to Manila and stopping in Hawaii

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Keywords: boat; Oakland; Philippines; relatives; soldiers; war

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27:02 - Feelings regarding the end of the war; and discussing unit

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Keywords: American soldiers; frontline; Hawaii; Japanese soldiers

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