Paul Tsuneishi Interview Segment 6
Feelings about the Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-densho-122-24-1) - 00:03:34 |
(ddr-densho-122-24-2) - 00:02:03 |
Issei father's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-122-24-3) - 00:01:37 |
The postwar ostracization of the resisters (ddr-densho-122-24-4) - 00:03:02 |
Thoughts on the JACL's wartime cooperation with the U.S. government (ddr-densho-122-24-5) - 00:03:35 |
Opinion of the Fair Play Committee and the resisters of conscience: "I have nothing but the highest respect for them" (ddr-densho-122-24-6) - 00:03:18 |
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-densho-122-24-6 (Legacy UID: denshovh-tpaul-01-0006)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Opinion of the Fair Play Committee and the resisters of conscience: "I have nothing but the highest respect for them"
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.
00:03:18 — Segment 6 of 6
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FACILITY
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CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
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INTERVIEW ID
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Paul Tsuneishi Interview
00:17:09 — 6 segments
DATE
May 19, 1995
LOCATION
Heart Mountain, Wyoming
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male, born April 16, 1923. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and was drafted into the military at age eighteen. After World War II, served as a district governor for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in Southern California. In his position with the JACL, sought to reconcile the Japanese American community with the World War II draft resisters.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)
PRODUCTION
Frank Abe, interviewer; Frank Chin, interviewer
TOPICS
FACILITY
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.