(William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.
Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated much of the family history work. Jeni participated as a secondary interviewer during the group sessions, October 8-9, 2002.The group interview sessions were conducted in Seattle at the home of Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho. The oldest Yasutake sibling, Reverend Seiichi Michael Yasutake, had passed away less than a year before the Densho interviewing, in December, 2001. The remaining siblings emphasized that his absence left a gap in their discussion of family history. In addition to Jeni Yamada and videographers Dana Hoshide and John Pai, also present during some portions of the group interview were Tom Ikeda, and Mitsuye Yamada's son Kai Yamada.)","extent":"04:04:06","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-138","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":131,"namepart":"Tosh Yasutake"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"November 14, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tosh Yasutake narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ytosh-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-141","model":"entity","index":"3 203/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-141/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-141/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdale-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdale-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Dale Minami Interview","description":"Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus, Inc., a co-founder of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Asian Pacific Bar of California and the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. He was involved in significant litigation affecting civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans and other minorities, including Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during WWII, originally upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in landmark decisions; United Pilipinos for Affirmative Action v. California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure which resulted in the granting of tenure after widespread publicity over discrimination in academia. Mr. Minami represents Kristi Yamaguchi, the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal skater, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, actor Lane Nishikawa, and others in the fields of media and entertainment. He is counsel to the National Asian American Telecommunications Association and the Asian American Journalists' Association. Mr. Minami has taught at University of California, Berkeley and Mills College in Oakland, CA and has been a Commissioner of the State of California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission, a Commissioner on the State Bar of California, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, the Chair of the Attorney General's Asian/Pacific Advisory Committee and a Member of Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee. He was Chair of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund Commission, appointed by President Clinton in 1994. Mr. Minami has received numerous awards including the State Bar President's Pro bono Service Award, an honorary Juris Doctor degree from the McGeorge School of Law, designation of a dormitory at the University of California at Santa Cruz as the \"Queen Liliuokalani-Minami\" Dormitory, awards from the Coro Foundation, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, the Harry Dow Memorial Fellowship in Boston, the Fred Korematsu Civil Rights Fund Award, the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Japanese American Youth Center and the Centro Legale de la Raza. Mr. Minami is a partner with Minami, Lew and Tamaki in San Francisco, and specializes in personal injury and entertainment law.","extent":"03:26:04","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-141","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":134,"namepart":"Dale Minami"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Margaret Chon"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"February 8, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dale Minami narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nMargaret Chon interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mdale-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-497","model":"entity","index":"4 204/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-497/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-497/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-497-1-mezzanine-c35a513d44-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-497-1-mezzanine-c35a513d44-a.jpg"},"title":"Makoto Otsu Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born March 26, 1926, in Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Steveston, where father fished for a cannery. During World War II, the family was forced to leave Steveston and moved to the abandoned Minto Mine site in the Bridge River Valley of British Columbia. After staying for a few years, Makoto moved to Winnipeg, Canada, to attend school, and got a job at an aircraft company in Toronto. In the 1950s, took a job with Boeing and moved to Seattle, Washington.","extent":"1:36:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-497","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":987,"namepart":"Makoto Otsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Barbara Yasui"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"March 24, 2022","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Makoto Otsu narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBarbara Yasui interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"ddr-densho-1000-497-1-mezzanine-c35a513d44-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-176","model":"entity","index":"5 205/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-176/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ojulie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ojulie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Julie Otsuka Interview","description":"Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and beginning to write. Published first novel, When the Emperor Was Divine in 2003, to critical acclaim.","extent":"01:29:54","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-176","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":200,"namepart":"Julie Otsuka"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Megan Asaka"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 2, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Julie Otsuka narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nMegan Asaka interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ojulie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-172","model":"entity","index":"6 206/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-172/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-172/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-nyosh-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-nyosh-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Yosh Nakagawa Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born December 27, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and was in the third grade during mass removal to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington. Moved with family to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before returning to Seattle to attend middle and high school. Found a lifelong job at Osborn & Ulland, a retail sporting goods store, eventually becoming manager.","extent":"02:53:44","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-172","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":189,"namepart":"Yosh Nakagawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr005tf88","namepart":"Nakagawa, Yoshitada"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 7, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yosh Nakagawa narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Nakagawa, Yoshitada 88922nr005tf88","download_large":"denshovh-nyosh-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-480","model":"entity","index":"7 207/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-480/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-480/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-480-1-mezzanine-c7c6795e59-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-480-1-mezzanine-c7c6795e59-a.jpg"},"title":"Jimmy Naganuma Interview","description":"Born May 23, 1936, in Callao, Peru. Spent early childhood in Peru, where parents ran a laundry business, and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested Jimmy's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not allowed to return to Peru, so they moved to San Francisco with the help and sponsorship of a Shinto church reverend.","extent":"2:17:15","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-480","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":927,"namepart":"Jimmy Naganuma"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Yoko Nishimura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Yuka Murakami"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"September 20, 2019","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Jimmy Naganuma narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nYoko Nishimura interviewer \nYuka Murakami videographer","download_large":"ddr-densho-1000-480-1-mezzanine-c7c6795e59-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-354","model":"entity","index":"8 208/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-354/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-354/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tmin-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tmin-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Min Tonai Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born February 6, 1929, in San Pedro, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California, where father ran several successful stores. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp returned to California to attend school. Served in Korea and Japan during the Korean War.(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"04:07:57","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-354","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":515,"namepart":"Min Tonai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr003x13n","namepart":"Tonai, Minoru"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"September 2, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Min Tonai narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Tonai, Minoru 88922nr003x13n","download_large":"denshovh-tmin-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-344","model":"entity","index":"9 209/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-344/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-344/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ykiyo-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ykiyo-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Kiyo Yoshimura Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born July 31, 1924, in Berkeley, California. Grew up in Richmond, California, where father worked for the Santa Fe railroad company. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois. Remained in Chicago, becoming a social worker, and getting involved with several social service organizations.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:01:22","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-344","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":581,"namepart":"Kiyo Yoshimura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr004vx8g","namepart":"Yoshimura, Kiyoko"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Skokie, Illinois","creation":"June 16, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kiyo Yoshimura narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Yoshimura, Kiyoko 88922nr004vx8g","download_large":"denshovh-ykiyo-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-482","model":"entity","index":"10 210/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-482/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-482/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-482-1-mezzanine-190f8c91e4-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-482-1-mezzanine-190f8c91e4-a.jpg"},"title":"Kazumu Naganuma Interview","description":"Born July 28, 1942, in Callao, Peru. Before World War II, parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. When Kazumu was still an infant, the FBI arrested his father and sent the entire family to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not allowed to return to Peru, so they moved to San Francisco with the help and sponsorship of a Shinto church reverend. 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Born May 25, 1944, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Her parents, both Kibei, grew up in San Francisco, California. During World War II, they were incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. They signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" renounced their U.S. citizenship, and were transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation camp. Dr. Ina became a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of community trauma, and in addition to being an author and activist, has produced two award-winning documentaries, Children of the Camps and From A Silk Cocoon.","extent":"2:20:39","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-474","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":920,"namepart":"Satsuki Ina"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015ns4c","namepart":"Ina, Satsuki"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Emeryville, California","creation":"March 14, 2019","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Satsuki Ina narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Ina, Satsuki 88922nr015ns4c","download_large":"ddr-densho-1000-474-1-mezzanine-f377f40dc7-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-496","model":"entity","index":"12 212/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-496/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-496/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-496-1-mezzanine-b3515ab5ec-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-496-1-mezzanine-b3515ab5ec-a.jpg"},"title":"Susumu Nakanishi Interview","description":"Shin-Issei male. 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(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:19:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-378","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":620,"namepart":"Emi Somekawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010zw5t","namepart":"Somekawa, Emiko"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"November 21, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Emi Somekawa narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Somekawa, Emiko 88922nr010zw5t","download_large":"denshovh-semi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-287","model":"entity","index":"14 214/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-287/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-287/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kmasamizu-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kmasamizu-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Masamizu Kitajima Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. Mother couldn't support the children alone, so the family entered the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, where they were reunited with father. Father signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" and moved the family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, in anticipation of repatriating to Japan. Parents changed their minds and did not go to Japan, so the family returned to Hawaii after leaving Tule Lake. After the war, Masamizu established a successful career in airplane mechanics.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:41:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-287","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":490,"namepart":"Masamizu Kitajima"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014jw5q","namepart":"Kitajima, Masamizu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"June 12, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Masamizu Kitajima narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kitajima, Masamizu 88922nr014jw5q","download_large":"denshovh-kmasamizu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-46","model":"entity","index":"15 215/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-46/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-46/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mfred-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mfred-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Fred Matsumura Interview","description":"Nisei male, born April 14, 1923, on the Island of Molokai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit as a Sergeant and Assistant Squad Leader. Later, he and three others in his unit had their rank reduced to Private after being court-martialed for alleged involvement in a fight with an army military police officer (MP).
(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews. Beverly Kashino, one of the interviewers, is Shiro and Louise Kashino's daughter.)","extent":"01:32:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-46","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":54,"namepart":"Fred Matsumura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Beverly Kashino"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"July 2, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Fred Matsumura narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBeverly Kashino interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mfred-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-402","model":"entity","index":"16 216/{'value': 6691, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-402/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-402/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-asam-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-asam-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Sam Araki Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born July 12, 1931, in Saratoga, California. Grew up in Saratoga, where father worked as a gardener on a large estate. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father moved the family inland to Reedley in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Eventually removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to California and graduated from Stanford University with a master's in mechanical engineer. Went on to establish a prestigous career in the aerospace industry, becoming president of Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 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