Oral History Interview with Hugh E. Law, May 15, 1982 Page: 11
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I think Id written my folks before I'd Left Shafter that we
depended on the N4vy-if ,,,from what I saw there, if the Navy
couldn't take care of the Japanese, that weld probably be over-
run, Our Army operations was not up to repelling a Japanese
invasion, I don t know whatever happened to that--my parents are
dead now~nb-t that letter that I wrote them at that time, I think,
gave the sentiment that I had, It "warn'lt" but a few days (chuckle),
but ;Lt staggered on for two or three gQnths, I guess, something
like that,
In your conversations- with your friends, did the subject of a
possible Japanese attack At Pearl Earbor ever come up?
Not as. such, Wa were expecting the Jlapanese to move into the
Philippines, That's, I think? the feeling that we had,
So there wqs really no talk at All about the probability of
a Japanese attack on the Uawaiian Islands,
No, I think that we were pretty sure that the Navy would be able
to,,,that we had the Navy out there to protect us,
At that time, when you thought of a typical Japanese, what sort
of a person did you usually. conjure up in your own mind? Again,
this. is before the war,
T had a friend during the last two or three, months before the war-Asai Doirrwho was a Japanese artist, This lady friend that
befriended me,4-1 became part of her family, I guess--she tried to
get q.e married off to her nieqe for about three years, But I got
to knQw her fairly, well, She was an artist, As a matter of fact,Xarcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Law, Hugh E. Oral History Interview with Hugh E. Law, May 15, 1982, book, May 15, 1982; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2100324/m1/13/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.