Gene Akutsu Interview II Segment 13

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Being recognized for wartime draft resistance

00:08:26 — Segment 13 of 15

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April 17, 2008

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Gene Akutsu

Gene Akutsu Interview II

01:23:31 — 15 segments

April 17, 2008

Seattle, Washington

Nisei male. Born 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 draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.

Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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