Toshio Inahara, M.D., talks about his early years in Portland, Oregon, Tacoma, Washington, and Hillside, Oregon, and how his family was forced to relocate to Ontario, Oregon during World War II. He talks about his education and about the early years of vascular surgery and its slow acceptance as a medical specialty. He also discusses at length about Japan, Japanese Americans, and the internment camp at Minidoka, Idaho, where he and his wife were held during World War II. He contrasts Japanese American life with Chinese American culture and discusses his interests in Japanese art and culture.
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