Willard Matsumoto oral history interview, part 3 of 3, March 23, 2006

0:00 - Meeting wife; and getting married

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Army; church; correspondence; high school; letter; Maui

Subjects:

2:27 - Discussing children and grandchildren

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: daughters; marriage

Subjects:

4:23 - Wife II; and post-war employment

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Boy Scouts; Maui; plantation; post office; power plant; technical school

Subjects:

7:09 - Post-war employment II

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Boy Scouts; community; plantation; retirement; salary

Subjects:

10:01 - Retirement- going to community college; and involvement with Boy Scouts

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Army; auto mechanic; Maui; skills; tent; values

Subjects:

12:44 - Boy Scouts II

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Scoutmaster; skills; travel; troop

Subjects:

14:32 - Boy Scouts III

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: jamboree; membership; money; volunteer

Subjects:

16:05 - Boy Scouts IV

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: director; program; training; volunteer

Subjects:

18:38 - Involvement in veterans organizations

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: 442nd Veterans Club; Disabled American Veterans; Maui; social

Subjects:

20:41 - Veterans organizations II

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: 100th; 442nd; election; H Company; President

Subjects:

22:51 - Attending reunions

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: anniversary; Reno

Subjects:

24:31 - Message to future generations

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: American; attitude; citizenship; grandchildren

Subjects:

25:51 - Thoughts about oral history projects

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: 442nd; questions; veterans; war

Subjects:

27:41 - Childhood values

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Boy Scouts; daughter; Japanese; mother; parents; respect; shame; teachers

Subjects:

30:14 - Discussing wife and daughters

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: camping; Hilo; Kona

Subjects:

31:33 - Message to future generations regarding the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Camp Shelby; Hawaiian soldiers; incarceration camps; Japanese Americans; prejudice; respect; war

Subjects:

34:00 - Discussing segregation in Mississippi; and closing remarks

Play segment Segment link

Direct segment link:

Partial Transcript:

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: African Americans; bus; Hawaii; hospital; salt; train

Subjects: