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HH: Okay, where were you born?

HT: I was born in Eatonville, Washington, back in 1917.

HH: Eatonville, Washington. Is that in close proximity of Tacoma?

HT: Eatonville is located, yes, about thirty to thirty-five miles outside of Tacoma. And it used to be an old lumber camp, and presently, I don't think it's even in existence.

HH: Oh, is that right?

HT: Yeah.

HH: That's where you were born, but that's not where you were reared?

HT: No. I was born in Eatonville, Washington, but when I was still a small toddler, my family moved to Tacoma, Washington, where I was really raised, and I attended school in Tacoma, Washington.

HH: I see. What are the names of your parents?

HT: The name of my parents? My father's first name is Seiichi, and my mother's name was Tora Sasaki Tamaki.

HH: I'm going to ask you describe Tacoma as you remember it when you were growing up there. What kind of city was that?

HT: Well, Tacoma, Washington, was an industrial city, logging was probably its main industry. It had a population of approximately a 120,000 or so at the time I was being raised in Tacoma. It was a nice community located on Puget Sound in the state of Washington. I attended grade school, junior high, high school and college in Tacoma.

HH: You went to college in Tacoma, too?

HT: Yes. I attended the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma, now known as University of Puget Sound.

HH: I see. At what point did you go to medical school?

HT: I graduated from College of Puget Sound in 1940, so I left Tacoma in September of 1940 to attend Boston University School of Medicine where I matriculated and completed my medical school in December of 1943.

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