Harry K. Yoshikawa Interview Segment 23

Parents' family background (ddr-densho-1000-278-1) - 00:03:19
Origins of name (ddr-densho-1000-278-2) - 00:02:31
Growing up in Venice, California: participating in judo (ddr-densho-1000-278-3) - 00:04:26
Losing family farm land due to building of a new highway (ddr-densho-1000-278-4) - 00:03:38
Knowing "Tokyo Rose" while growing up (ddr-densho-1000-278-5) - 00:02:14
Attending Japanese language school (ddr-densho-1000-278-6) - 00:02:17
Father's death in a truck accident (ddr-densho-1000-278-7) - 00:03:27
Moving to Japan (ddr-densho-1000-278-8) - 00:04:34
Returning to the United States and going to automotive school (ddr-densho-1000-278-9) - 00:03:07
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, neighbors being arrested by the FBI (ddr-densho-1000-278-10) - 00:04:34
Seeing a caravan of people leaving home during "voluntary evacuation" (ddr-densho-1000-278-11) - 00:04:58
Leaving Los Angeles for Colorado (ddr-densho-1000-278-12) - 00:06:05
Jailed for crossing the California state line without a travel permit (ddr-densho-1000-278-13) - 00:05:21
Finding a job in Denver (ddr-densho-1000-278-14) - 00:04:35
Working as an ice cutter (ddr-densho-1000-278-15) - 00:02:05
Voluntarily staying at Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming (ddr-densho-1000-278-16) - 00:07:15
Moving to Chicago, receiving draft notice, and refusing to report (ddr-densho-1000-278-17) - 00:04:13
Being arrested for resisting the draft (ddr-densho-1000-278-18) - 00:05:04
Being in jail with draft resisters from the concentration camps (ddr-densho-1000-278-19) - 00:06:52
Memories of draft resistance trial (ddr-densho-1000-278-20) - 00:06:45
Taken in leg irons and handcuffs to the Santa Catalina prison camp (ddr-densho-1000-278-21) - 00:03:57
Arrival in prison camp, meeting other draft resisters (ddr-densho-1000-278-22) - 00:04:21
Description of Catalina prison camp (ddr-densho-1000-278-23) - 00:04:04
Jobs in Catalina prison camp (ddr-densho-1000-278-24) - 00:10:35
Meeting Native American draft resisters (ddr-densho-1000-278-25) - 00:03:21
Hearing about potential influx of Nisei draft resisters (ddr-densho-1000-278-26) - 00:02:18
Being released from prison camp, returning to Denver (ddr-densho-1000-278-27) - 00:04:23
Reestablishing life in southern California (ddr-densho-1000-278-28) - 00:05:04
Talking more openly about wartime draft resistance (ddr-densho-1000-278-29) - 00:05:48
Thoughts on the Japanese American Citizens League's actions toward draft resisters: "I think that was kind of appalling" (ddr-densho-1000-278-30) - 00:03:20
Hearing about Japan's surrender (ddr-densho-1000-278-31) - 00:04:45
The Japanese American Citizens League's apology to wartime draft resisters (ddr-densho-1000-278-32) - 00:03:02
Getting married and having children (ddr-densho-1000-278-33) - 00:03:57
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Description of Catalina prison camp

Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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April 14, 2010

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Harry K. Yoshikawa

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Harry K. Yoshikawa Interview

02:26:15 — 33 segments

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April 14, 2010

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Los Angeles, California

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Nisei male. Born June 26, 1922, in Montebello, California. Grew up in California, spending a short time in Japan prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver, Colorado, during the "voluntary evacuation" period designated by the U.S. government. Arrested after refusing to report for military service after being drafted. Tried and served two years at the Santa Catalina prison camp for draft resistance. After release, eventually returned to Los Angeles, California.

(Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)

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Martha Nakagawa, interviewer; Tani Ikeda, videographer

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