Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 2 of 5
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-1007-1609
PARENT COLLECTION
Loni Ding Oral History and Film Research Collection
DESCRIPTION
Matsumura discusses growing up in Wyoming, his mother's cooking, moving to Los Angeles in 1936, getting his radio license, Pearl Harbor, evacuation to Pomona and Heart Mountain, his attempts to join the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines, being drafted, his basic training in Fort Hood, TX, his deployment in Europe, and the Hollywood store his family had to sell during evacuation. Video starts at 0:22. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #36, 7-24-85, C. Matsumura Interview II. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1771/
00:21:08
DATE
July 24, 1985
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Interviews
OBJECT FORMAT
Audio/Visual
TOPICS
- Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film -- Documentaries
- Geographic communities -- Wyoming
- Geographic communities -- California -- Los Angeles
- World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation")
- World War II -- Concentration camps
- World War II -- Military service
- World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath
- World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Ding, Loni (interviewer)
- Matsumura, Clarence (interviewee)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of David Welsh, The Center for Educational Telecommunications (CET)
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.