Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 4
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ddr-densho-1002-6-4 (Legacy UID: denshovh-kmits-02-0004)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Thoughts on Japanese Americans working outside the Heart Mountain concentration camp as farm laborers
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.
00:07:15 — Segment 4 of 11
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Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection
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Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection
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Courtesy of Emiko and Chizuko Omori
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-1002-6
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Mits Koshiyama Interview
01:07:58 — 11 segments
DATE
October 2, 1992
LOCATION
San Jose, California
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.
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)
PRODUCTION
Chizu Omori, interviewer; Emiko Omori, interviewer; Emiko Omori and Witt Mons, videographer
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PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Emiko and Chizuko Omori
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.