Toshio Moritsugu Interview Segment 8

Father's family background (ddr-densho-1000-318-1) - 00:04:50
Father's prewar fishing techniques (ddr-densho-1000-318-2) - 00:03:49
Growing up in Hawaiian fishing village called Fish Camp (ddr-densho-1000-318-3) - 00:07:27
Description of home in fish camp: built on stilts over the water (ddr-densho-1000-318-4) - 00:03:13
Mother's family background (ddr-densho-1000-318-5) - 00:05:41
Description of family home (ddr-densho-1000-318-6) - 00:03:25
Playing games as a child (ddr-densho-1000-318-7) - 00:08:43
Celebrating New Year's Day (ddr-densho-1000-318-8) - 00:04:58
Helping out with fishing business, raising flowers (ddr-densho-1000-318-9) - 00:08:37
Being injured in an accident (ddr-densho-1000-318-10) - 00:02:40
Attending school (ddr-densho-1000-318-11) - 00:07:55
Attending Japanese language school (ddr-densho-1000-318-12) - 00:04:11
Transferring to a prep school (ddr-densho-1000-318-13) - 00:06:37
Seeing the military planes fly over during the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-densho-1000-318-14) - 00:06:44
The aftermath of Pearl Harbor: building an air raid shelter, fishing restrictions (ddr-densho-1000-318-15) - 00:09:27
Transferring to another high school (ddr-densho-1000-318-16) - 00:03:13
Father's arrest and detention by the FBI (ddr-densho-1000-318-17) - 00:06:59
Visiting father at Sand Island (ddr-densho-1000-318-18) - 00:05:32
Selling flowers for leis to help support the family (ddr-densho-1000-318-19) - 00:06:35
Working for the Halekulani Hotel (ddr-densho-1000-318-20) - 00:10:02
Working at a large hotel in Wakiki during the war (ddr-densho-1000-318-21) - 00:07:18
Reuniting with father after the war (ddr-densho-1000-318-22) - 00:09:08
Pursuing a degree in chemistry (ddr-densho-1000-318-23) - 00:09:33
Getting a PhD despite father's passing (ddr-densho-1000-318-24) - 00:05:52
Working as a chemist with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (ddr-densho-1000-318-25) - 00:10:44
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Celebrating New Year's Day

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Toshio Moritsugu

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Toshio Moritsugu Interview

02:43:13 — 25 segments

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March 2, 2011

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Honolulu, Hawaii

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Nisei male. Born April 2, 1925, in Heeia, Hawaii. Grew up in a village called Fish Camp, where father was a fisherman. Witnessed Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Father was picked up and detained by the FBI at the Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. After the war, earned a PhD in chemistry and established a career with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association.

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