Kazuhiko Yamada oral history interview, part 1 of 2, March 5, 2009

0:00 - Introduction

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Keywords: family; Hiroshima prefecture

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3:03 - Family background

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Keywords: father; Shikata ga nai

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6:08 - Family background II

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Keywords: California; farming; flowers; Los Angeles

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9:13 - Family background III

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Keywords: flowers; siblings

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12:28 - Family background IV

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Keywords: high school; kibei; siblings

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15:42 - Growing up in Los Angeles

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Keywords: Gardena High School; Japanese language school; kibei; Nisei; population

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18:26 - Growing up in Los Angeles II

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Keywords: high school; Japanese language school

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21:21 - High school

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Keywords: Compton Junior College; graduation

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24:25 - Agriculture school

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Keywords: horticulture; UC Davis

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27:29 - Agriculture school II

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Keywords: horticulture; printing

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30:50 - Agriculture school III

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Keywords: civil engineering; Japan; mother

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32:30 - Pearl Harbor and aftermath

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Keywords: discrimination; Fort MacArthur; Fort Ord; induction

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35:31 - Joining the Army

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Keywords: drafted; Fort Ord; patrol

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38:55 - Segregated in the Army

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Keywords: Fort Custer; Gilroy; Michigan; Nisei soldiers; segregated unit

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41:57 - Pearl Harbor and aftermath II

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Keywords: American concentration camp; father; Lancaster; Poston; Tule Lake

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44:47 - Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS)

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Minnesota; Rafu Shimpo

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48:35 - Military Intelligence Service Language School II

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Keywords: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section; correspondence; Military Intelligence Service

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51:48 - Military Intelligence Service Language School III

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Keywords: brothers; correspondence; Military Intelligence Service

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54:24 - Family in Japan

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Keywords: exchange ship; father

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57:51 - Shipment overseas

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Keywords: Australia; brother; drafted; San Francisco; troop ship; Tule Lake

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