DESCRIPTION
Date: December 12, 1997
Location: Seattle, Washington
Videographer: Matt Emery
Densho ID: ddr-densho-1008-4
01:50:18
29 segments
Kibei male. Born 1917 in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Also served with U.S. occupation forces in postwar Japan and was a war crimes trial investigator. Resettled in Seattle.
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