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Group sitting around banquet table (ddr-densho-466-547)
Caption on right of photo: Bruno & Ellen Yamada Honolulu, Larry Kazumura Seattle
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-199)
Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …
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Couple sitting at a table (ddr-densho-466-574)
Caption on left of photo on album page: Bruno & Ellen Yamada (Aiea, HI)
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-199-8)
Making the decision to join the army after two friends were killed in the Pearl Harbor attack
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-199-12)
Receiving the Bronze Star for saving the life of a fellow soldier
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-199-4)
Quitting high school after the ninth grade
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-199-11)
Getting wounded on Hill 140
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-199-1)
Father's prewar life in Hawaii
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-199-5)
Memories of teenage years: work, religion
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-199-16)
Meeting wife and getting married
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-199-2)
Growing up one of fourteen children
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-199-6)
Working for the Civilian Conservation Corps prior to World War II
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-199-9)
Being able to join the army due to a records mistake regarding height
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-199-14)
Small-size boots donated to the Smithsonian
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-199-7)
Witnessing Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, dealing with the aftermath
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-199-13)
Taking the name of close friend and lieutenant
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-199-3)
Helping with family's sugar cane plantation as a child
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Larry "Shorty" Kazumura Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-199-15)
Recovering from injuries; not feeling scared in combat
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Narrator Larry "Shorty" Kazumura
Nisei male. Born November 7, 1920, in Mountain View, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where parents ran a sugar cane plantation. Was working hauling lumber when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Was not dismissed from work like other Japanese Americans, and was required to clean up the aftermath of the bombing. Volunteered for …