Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project: Interview with Ben Ho

Titles: Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project: Interview with Ben Ho (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ben Ho was born in 1936 in Hawaii. Ben was in the Marine Corps and later worked for Univac. He is the brother of singer Don Ho. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life; family history; living in Hawaii during World War II; different languages spoken at home; his career in the Marine Corps; working for Univac; meeting his wife; being a brother to the famous singer Don Ho; living in New York, Los Angeles, London, and finally Minnesota; not experiencing racism in the Marine Corps, and experience racism working for Univac; his children; growing up Mormon in Hawaii; Hawaiian traditions and how his family kept very few of them; being involved in Hawaiian issues, particularly the Hawaiian Situation; being on the water in Hawaii and Minnesota.

Dates

• 03/15/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Ho, Ben
• interviewer: Zander, David

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 143
• Accession Number: AV2012.4.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project' <OH 143>

Quantity: 1 hour compact disc 58 pages transcripts

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:05:01 running time

Subjects

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