Iwao Lewis Suzuki
Iwao Lewis Suzuki shares his unique experience as a Kibei and employee at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. at the time of the onset of World War II. Suzuki later went on to work for the Office of War Information as a translator. He describes his experience during the war as an MIS Language School instructor at Camp Savage and Fort Snelling, where he taught other Kibei military terminology and other aspects of Japanese language. Suzuki details his involvement in the Communist Party and his political views on peace, militarism, and national liberation, how these views impacted his art, and how his policy disagreements led to his eventual branding as an enemy of the Communist Party. Although he faced surveillance by the FBI for his views, he encourages others to speak up and share their opinions.
