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Leaving camp to work for a sugar beet company, being contacted by the FBI

00:07:15 — Segment 7 of 14

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July 10, 2006

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Joe Seto

Joe Seto Interview

01:28:54 — 14 segments

July 10, 2006

West Los Angeles, California

Nisei male. Born 1924 in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma, where father worked for a produce business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work harvesting sugar beets for a sugar company. Drafted into the army in 1945. After the war, established a successful career studying the influenza virus.

Erin Brasfield, interviewer

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