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Yoshimitsu Suyematsu Interview Segment 1
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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-one-7-66-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-syoshimitsu-01-0001)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
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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.
00:05:35 — Segment 1 of 23
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Japanese American Museum of Oregon Visual History Collection
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CONTRIBUTOR
Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection
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PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-one-7-66
NARRATOR
INTERVIEW TITLE
Yoshimitsu Suyematsu Interview
01:46:06 — 23 segments
DATE
April 22, 2014
LOCATION
Ontario, Oregon
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born May 30, 1927, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge, where parents ran a strawberry farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Bainbridge for a time and then volunteered for the military, serving in Japan during the U.S. occupation. After returning to the United States, established a farm in Ontario, Oregon.
(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.)
PRODUCTION
Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.