Kamekichi Tokita
born Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 1897; died Seattle, Washington, 1948
Tokita's career was cut short in 1942 when he and his family were forcibly removed to the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho as part of the government imprisonment of all Japanese and Japanese American residents during World War II. He and his family returned to Seattle after being released in 1945 but continued to struggle. Tokita became ill and died a few short years later.
[source: Densho.org, Barbara Johns]
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- Shizuoka
- Seattle
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