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Linda Smith's students interviewed people who knew war first hand
The Hawaii Connection
Follow these links to the Oral Histories:
"Daisy was a nurse at the hospital at Diamond Head at the time of
the Pearl Harbor attack. She shared her first memories of the attack, "Suddenly, we
heard a huge, heavy sound fly above us ..."
"My father was a Japenese fisherman living near Pearl Harbor. He
owned a small Sanpan with all sorts of radio equipment. That's probably why he was taken
away ..."
"After the attack on Pearl Harbor, we were issued gas masks at
school. Sometimes during our classes we would have to get it out, clip it over our face,
and ..."
"I was a Chinese-American living at home at Alewa Heights. When I
came out of my house, I was startled by a wizzling sound overhead. I heard on the radio
that they had landed on the island ..."
"I was only five years old living in Hiroshima when the bomb
went off. I was at the school, inside, playing with a little friend when ..."
Senator Inouye served in the European theater during WWII. He recalls
that "When I lost my arm after being struck by an enemy grenade in Italy, I had to
give up my dream of being a surgeon ..."
"I was twelve years old living in Germany during the War. One
night we heard a heavy knock at the door. My mother knew that we could be killed for
harboring the enemy ..."
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