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![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-247-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-247-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-247-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-247-21)
Graduating from college, returning to Hawaii
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![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-247-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-247-8)
Being told about the start of World War II
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-247-26)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-247-26)
Reflections: president of the Hawaii Hochi
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-247-3)
Father's work as a Buddhist priest in Hawaii
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-247-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-247-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-247-11)
Hiding in air raid shelters during bombings
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-247-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-247-4)
Childhood memories of growing up in the small town of Kahuku, Hawaii
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-247-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-247-17)
Returning home and working as a fisherman
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-247-22)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-247-22)
Finding work upon first returning to Hawaii
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-247-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-247-6)
Growing up on a small island, adjusting to language differences
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-247-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-247-20)
Relationship with older brother who had stayed in Hawaii
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-247-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-247-13)
Taking exams, enrolling in college during the war
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-247-9)
Working on the Kure Naval Base to help the war effort
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-247-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-247-12)
Believing that Japan was going to win the war
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![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-247-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-247-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-247-19)
Receiving a visit by older brother, an American GI
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-247-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-247-14)
The impact of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-247-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
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Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-247-2)
Family background: both parents descended from Buddhist priests
![Paul Yempuku Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-247-25)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/17/a6/17a63c9efeaf899d6504c63a70eb4de7.jpg)
![Izumi Hirano Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-317-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/7b/377b18567a6c77c64b87a906105dc101.jpg)
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Izumi Hirano Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-317-4)
Observing food shortages in Japan
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