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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-243)

Nisei female. Born March 6, 1921, in Hilo, Hawaii. Grew up in Hilo, where parents were Japanese language school teachers. In 1939, moved to Japan to obtain medical treatment, and attended school there. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese military and worked as an interpreter, translating U.S. radio transmissions for General Headquarters in …

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-243-20)

Returning home to Hawaii

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-243-7)

Added pressure as the daughter of the language school president

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-243-3)

Parents' work as Japanese language school teachers

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-243-2)

Parents' family background

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-243-17)

Reuniting with brother in Japan

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-243-14)

Being part of a special group of translators, witnessing bombing raids

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-243-13)

Feeling "disloyal" to the U.S. while working for the Japanese military

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-243-10)

Attending Women's Art College in Japan

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-243-12)

Being conscripted to work for the Japanese military to translate radio broadcasts

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-243-22)

Description of community church

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-243-4)

Mother's promotion to language school principal after Father's passing

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-243-9)

Moving to Japan for medical treatment

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-243-23)

Reflections: "forgive and forget"

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-243-18)

Meeting future husband

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-243-6)

Writing for local newspaper while still in high school

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-243-1)

Born in Hilo, Hawaii

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-243-19)

Receiving news about mother in camp

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-243-15)

Feeling overjoyed upon hearing that the war was over

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-243-5)

Attending school, being given an English name

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-243-8)

Receiving help from uncle after father's passing

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-243-21)

Getting married, working for the Girl Scouts

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-243-16)

Provided for by the Japanese government during the war

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vh Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-243-11)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while living in Japan: "I felt terrible"

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Narrator Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi

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