Life after the relocation camp

Re “Barbed wire and free press,” Column One, May 3

How strange and wonderful to see my father, Chet Sakura, quoted in The Times’ article about relocation camp newsletters, 64 years after the fact and 32 years after his death.

My father and his three brothers all returned safely from the war and went on to live successful and full lives. From the difficult conditions in the relocation camp, my mother moved to Milwaukee and was joined by my father after the war. There they stayed and raised four sons. Of those four, two are physicians, one is an investment banker with a doctorate in biochemistry and one is a commercial real estate broker. Although the United States treated my parents terribly, it also gave them and their children great opportunity, for which I am grateful.

BRUCE SAKURA MD

Rancho Palos Verdes