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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-183)

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1004-11)

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1001-41)

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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img Korean "comfort women" (ddr-densho-127-4)

Grant Hirabayashi (far right) questions recently liberated Korean "comfort women."

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img Japanese surrender ceremony (ddr-densho-127-2)

Two American soldiers stand at the Supreme Headquarters of the Chinese Army, location of the surrender ceremony. (L to R): Lt. Col. John Burden, Chief of Sino Translation and Interrogation Center, Grant Hirabayashi.

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Collection Grant Hirabayashi Collection (ddr-densho-127)

The Grant Hirabayashi Collection features five photographs and documents from the personal collection of Grant Hirabayshi, who was interviewed by Densho in 2006. The collection focuses on Mr. Hirabayashi's work as one of the famed Merrill's Marauders during World War II and as an interpreter and translator during the U.S. occupation of Japan.

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img Portrait of group of men in uniform outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-743)

Caption below photo: Yas Koike / Johnny Kitagawa / Yoshimura Noburu / Darryl Taniguchi / Karl Branstad / Bill Fuji / Harvey Watanabe / Grant Hirabayashi / Iwao Shimamoto / Bill Nuno / Harry Sekiya / Tak Hirabayashi / George Hatakeda / Lincoln Taira / Yukio Kawamoto / Frank Hachiya / Moffitt Ishikawa / Members of …

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Narrator Grant Hirabayashi

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-41-7)

Hearing about the atomic bombings in Japan while in China

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-41-5)

Chosen to be part of Merrill's Marauders: "to be selected was a privilege"

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1001-41-10)

Looking back on military service

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1001-41-1)

Spending much of childhood in Japan

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1001-41-8)

Work as an interpreter in occupied Japan

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1001-41-6)

Memories of training at Camp Savage

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1001-41-3)

Thoughts on drafting Japanese Americans out of concentration camps

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-41-2)

Drafted into the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-41-11)

Mission of Merrill's Marauders

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-41-4)

Memories of the Military Intelligence Language School

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1001-41-9)

Memories of dangerous assignments in Burma

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-183-38)

Involvement with the war crimes trials in Japan

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-183-42)

Importance of the National Japanese American Memorial

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-183-6)

Parents' involvement in the Japanese non-church movement

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-183-15)

Working for the military as a flight clerk