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Scope and Content of Collection
Title: Harry K. Fukuhara papers
Date (inclusive): approximately 1920-1980
Collection Number: 2020C16
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Japanese
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes,1 cardfile box
(2.33 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Harry K. Fukuhara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1920. Following WWII, he worked as part of the US Army's occupation and
reconstruction of Japan, helping to establish post-war US-Japanese relations. The collection contains photos, documents, and
interviews related to Harry K. Fukuhara's life and career. From high school in Hiroshima, as a military intelligence interpreter,
and as a military intelligence officer during the occupation period of Japan.
Creator:
Fukuhara, Harry K., 1920-2015
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harry K. Fukuhara papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Harry K. Fukuhara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1920. He attended school in Japan from 1933-1938 after his mother relocated
the family following his father's death. He was incarcerated at the Gila River Relocation Center (a US government-run concentration
camp for Japanese Americans during WWII) until 1942, when he enlisted in the Army and served with the 33rd Infantry Division.
Towards the end of the war, he was part of the military force preparing to invade Kyusha, Japan. After Emperor Hirohito announced
Japan's surrender, Fukuhara returned to Japan to look for his mother and three brothers. He eventually found them all suffering
from radiation poisoning as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima; all survived except for one brother. Following WWII, he
worked as part of the US Army's occupation and reconstruction of Japan, helping to establish post-war US-Japanese relations.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Harry K. Fukuhara papers contains photos, documents, and interviews related to Fukuhara's life and career. From high school
in Hiroshima, as a military intelligence interpreter, and as a military intelligence officer during the occupation period
of Japan.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Interviews
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Photographs
Translating and interpreting
United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service