| Title |
Wataru Misaka, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson: Saving the legacy tape no. 226 |
| Alternative Title |
Wataru Misaka, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Misaka, Wataru, 1923- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-05-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Japan; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Misaka, Wataru, 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American |
| Description |
Transcript (46 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Wataru Misaka on May 17, 2001. This is from tape number 226 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Misaka (b. 1923) was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. He was a student at Weber College and the University of Utah before being drafted in June 1944. He was assigned to the language training school at Ft. Snelling where he was trained for the occupation forces. He served nine months in Japan, determining how the bombing affected civilian morale. He was discharged in 1946. 46 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
46 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s62n71hg |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Japanese Americans |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025843 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n71hg |
| Title |
Page 6 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025800 |
| OCR Text |
Show WATARUMI AKA a 17 2 1 WAT: I think it was like half and half. It seems like most of the Japane in th ar a came there. And, of course the people in the neighborhood would come. WIN: And where did you live in Ogden? W AT: We lived actually in the back of the shop on the infamous lower 25th Street. WIN: Oh, really? WAT: And, in fact, my mother was assisted greatly by another barber that had his shop in the railroad station there. Of course, it's now a museum. But he was very instrumental in getting her started because she had no prior experience. WIN: Did you father die fairly young? W AT: Yes, in his fifties. My mother died in her fifties, too. My brothers always felt like we didn't have a very long life history, so we expected we wouldn't live very long either. But, so far we're kind of hanging in there. WIN: Well, good. Where did you go to school? W AT: Well, I went to school in Ogden, all the way from first grade on up through junior college, Weber Junior College. WIN: Do you remember which elementary school you went to? W AT: It was the Grant school on Grant A venue. And then I went to Central Junior High, and then to Ogden High. And in those days that was the only high school in Ogden. We had a Weber High School that was on the outskirts of Ogden, and only the county kids could go to that. So all the city kids went to Ogden High and the county kids went to Weber High. There were only two high schools in the whole Weber County. 4 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n71hg/1025800 |
