Betty Fumiye Ito Interview Segment 13
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Husband's prewar connections to the Japanese American Citizens League
00:05:31 — Segment 13 of 26
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Betty Fumiye Ito Interview
02:28:50 — 26 segments
DATE
April 5, 2006
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Seattle, Washington
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Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her husband was picked up by the FBI on the evening of December 7, 1941. Describes the trial and acquittal of her husband after he was accused of working as a non-registered agent for Japan. After the trial, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in the Los Angeles area.
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Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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