Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 5
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Family contemplates "voluntary evacuation" to central California
00:03:53 — Segment 5 of 21
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Mits Koshiyama Interview
02:18:25 — 21 segments
DATE
July 14, 2001
LOCATION
Seattle, Washington
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born August 7, 1924, in Mountain View, California. Grew up in the Santa Clara Valley, California, working on his family's leased strawberry farm. In June of 1942, he was involuntarily "evacuated" to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, then to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Graduated from high school in camp and at the age of 19, refused induction into the military on the grounds that the incarceration violated his Constitutional rights as an American citizen. Served two years at McNeil Island federal penitentiary, Washington. Later resettled in California and established a flower nursery business with his brother.
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Alice Ito, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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