Don Shimazu Remembers the Attack on Pearl Harbor
United States army veteran Don Shimazu remembers the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941. He was a part of the ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) at the University of Hawaii and remembers being put on duty right away. A Hawaiian native, he also reflects on the tension the attack created in his family, since his parents were Japanese citizens.
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