Oral history interview with Michael Akamine
Extent and Medium
2 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Judy Weightman
Biographical History
The Hawaii Holocaust Project conducted the interview with Michael Akamine on June 21, 1989 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.
Archival History
Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.
People
- Akamine, Michael, 1922-
- Judy Weightman
- Michael Akamine
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 522nd
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Japanese American soldiers.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
- Oahu (Hawaii)
- Camp Shelby (Miss.)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
- Okinawa Island (Japan)
Genre
- Oral History
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