Warren Koichi Suzuki Interview Segment 1
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Warren Koichi Suzuki Interview
01:44:28 — 14 segments
DATE
May 10, 2012
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Seattle, Washington
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Nisei male. Born February 27, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. At age ten, was sent to Japan to live and attend school. Returned to Seattle prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Seattle and lived with then wife and child in a hostel located in Seattle's Japanese language school. Established a postwar career with the City of Seattle.
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Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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