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Yutaka Fujikado and his family (including sister Katsuko) were incarcerated in Puyallup and Minidoka. He left Minidoka in the fall of 1943 and worked as a farm laborer in White Oak, Georgia. Fujikado enlisted the Army in 1944, trained at Camp Savage (Alabama) and graduated from the Military Intelligence School at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He served in military intelligence until 1947. He then returned to Seattle and resumed his education… Read Article →

Katsuko Fujikado and her family (including brother Yutaka) were incarcerated in Puyallup and then at Minidoka. She left Minidoka for Salt Lake City where she attended a business college. After the war she returned to Seattle and rejoined her family. She briefly worked for the Civil Aeronautics Administration and then worked in Japan where she met her husband, William Lee. They settled in Virginia and had a daughter, Nena. Born:… Read Article →

Toshi Fujii and her family (including sisters Kiyo and Yuri) were incarcerated in Puyallup and then Minidoka. She left Minidoka in May 1943 for Chicago. She later married Toru Aoki and settled in the Chicago area and had two sons, Kenji and Gregory. She worked for many years as a legal secretary. Toshi Fujii Aoki died in the Chicago area on 13 September 2009. Born: Date of Birth: September 14,… Read Article →

Yuri Fujii and her family (including sisters Toshi and Kiyo) were incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center and then in Minidoka. She left Minidoka in May 1943 for Clayton, Missouri. She attend the University of Chicago and graduated with degrees in home economics (1945) and biological science (1947). She trained for an additional year at the School of Dietetics at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and then worked as a… Read Article →

Saibo Seisaku Fujii was incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center and then at Tule Lake. While there he worked in the camp’s recreation program. He married Phyllis Yoshiye Yasunobu on April 22, 1943 in Tule Lake (announcement in Tulean Dispatch Daily 4/27/1943). They had three children: Sharon, Wayne and Philip. Saibo Seisaku Fujii died on 11 May 2012 in Seattle at the age of 93. Born: Date of Birth: January… Read Article →

Kiyo Fujii and her family (including sisters Yuri and Toshi) were incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center and then at Minidoka. She left Minidoka in October 1942 to attend the St. Louis College of Pharmacy (Minidoka Irrigator 10/21/1942) . She worked as a pharmacist at Knight Drug in St. Louis from 1943 to 1948 and then moved on to Chicago where she worked at Sargent Drug, Mount Sinai Hospital and… Read Article →

Hiroshi Harry Eguchi was a freshman in 1941. He and his family were incarcerated in Puyallup and then Minidoka. Hiroshi Eguchi left Minidoka in January 1943 to attend Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. While at Carleton he participated in a rally protesting racial discrimination (Minidoka Irrigator 8/21/43). He would later attend Brigham Young University and Roosevelt College. He served as a private in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team from 1945… Read Article →

Ray Hajime Echigoshima and his family were incarcerated in Puyallup and then Minidoka. He left Minidoka in May 1943 to attend Washington University in St. Louis, joining his sister Margaret. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree he returned to Seattle. He then entered the University of Washington Law School and earned a LLB degree. He worked for Boeing for more than 20 years and later worked for the Safeco Insurance… Read Article →

Margaret Chieko Echigoshima was in a law student at the University of Washington when war broke out. She and her family were incarcerated in Puyallup and then in Minidok. While in Puyallup she served as education director in Area D. She left Minidoka in October 1942 to finish her law degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated with a JD in 1943. While at Washington University she… Read Article →

Seiichi Deguchi and his family were incarcerated in Puyallup and later at Minidoka. He left Minidoka in August 1944 and enlisted. He  graduated from Military Intelligence School at Fort Snelling, Minnesota in December 1944 and served in Tokyo during the immediate postwar period. After the Army he returned to Seattle and worked for the City of Seattle Engineering Department. Seiichi Deguchi married Mae Suguro in March 1951 and had two… Read Article →