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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-210-9)
Being arrested for resisting the draft
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-210-5)
Answering the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-210-13)
Being recognized for wartime draft resistance
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-210-11)
Observing anti-Japanese sentiment in the media at an early age
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-210-4)
Brother's organization of a "tray service" in camp
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-210-10)
Thoughts on the Japanese American Citizens League postwar
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-210-6)
Memories of the establishment of the segregation camp
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-210-14)
Revisiting McNeil Island fifty years after being incarcerated there
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Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-210-7)
Considering moving to the Crystal City Department of Justice camp, Texas
Narrator Gene Akutsu
Nisei male. Born September 23, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in the draft and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for draft resistance. Resettled in Seattle.
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Minidoka Remembered Memory Book (ddr-densho-375-1)
Yearbook-esque memory book of the 2003 Minidoka Reunion in Seattle, Washington. Book contains portraits of attendees and candid photographs of the reunion.
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Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. The school included grades 8-12. Individual students are photographed in senior portraits or class photos. Student activities are represented, including student labor/work experience program ("part-time workers"), May Day royalty, and sports. Student signatures are included throughout the book.