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![Akio Suyematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1001-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1001-16)
Nisei male. Born October 30, 1921, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, and was drafted into the U.S. army. Returned to Bainbridge Island after the war and established a successful farm.
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1001-16-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1001-16-15)
Experiencing discrimination in Midwest towns
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-16-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1001-16-2)
The changing face of Bainbridge Island farmland: housing developments
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-16-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-16-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1001-16-5)
The difficulties of reestablishing farm after the war
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-16-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1001-16-7)
Description of Japanese farms prewar; visit from FBI
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1001-16-9)
Treatment by non-Japanese Americans after returning home, good and bad
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1001-16-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1001-16-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1001-16-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1001-16-6)
Advantages of a close-knit Japanese American farming community
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1001-16-12)
Description of changed Bainbridge Island agricultural community after World War II
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1001-16-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1001-16-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1001-16-10)
Relationship between Japanese and Filipino Americans in farming community
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1001-16-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1001-16-18)
The prewar Japanese American community
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1001-16-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1001-16-20)
Thoughts on the Bainbridge Island memorial, the importance of education
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1001-16-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1001-16-13)
The effect of incarceration on families
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1001-16-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1001-16-3)
Helping father clear farmland as a child
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1001-16-14)
Impact of incarceration on older generation
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1001-16-19)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1001-16-19)
Community reactions to return of Japanese Americans postwar
![Akio Suyematsu Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1001-16-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6f/46/6f46d9cbd12559e06ffe8087191b50da.jpg)
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Narrator Akio Suyematsu
Nisei male. Born October 30, 1921, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, and was drafted into the U.S. army. Returned to Bainbridge Island after the war and established a successful farm.
![Scrapbook of newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-483-100)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d3/fa/d3fa2f8a2b268fd376f8ac2ab24012f2.jpg)
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Scrapbook of newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-483-100)
Loose scrapbook pages containing newspaper and magazine clipping, a press release, and a speech transcript. Selected article titles: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Seattle Japs return home" (p. 1), "The National Director speaks to residents" (p. 2), "237 Bainbridge Japs leave, head south" (p. 3), "No refunds for japs, says city" (p. 4), "Sad farewells while troops stand by" …