Minoru Yasui Interview Segment 9

Family background (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-1) - 00:02:11
Living and working in Chicago when Pearl Harbor was bombed (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-2) - 00:03:05
Recalling a few incidents of anti-Japanese violence in Chicago (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-3) - 00:01:22
Remembering the time of uncertainty and confusion after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-4) - 00:06:10
Making the decision to violate the curfew; difficulty getting arrested (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-5) - 00:04:02
Impressions of the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon: "the conditions were terrible" (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-6) - 00:04:21
Observing the difficult living conditions in camp: "it infuriated me" (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-7) - 00:02:35
The train ride to Minidoka (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-8) - 00:02:41
Thoughts on the Japanese American Citizens League's wartime stance (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-9) - 00:06:04
Description of prison conditions (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-10) - 00:02:05
Vague recollections of hearing; memories of solitary confinement (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-11) - 00:02:37
Thoughts on the wartime draft resisters (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-12) - 00:01:41
Continuing belief in the United States (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-13) - 00:00:51
The importance of the coram nobis cases (audio only) (ddr-densho-1012-3-14) - 00:04:43
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ddr-densho-1012-3-9 (Legacy UID: denshovh-yminoru-01-0009)

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Thoughts on the Japanese American Citizens League's wartime stance (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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.

00:06:04 — Segment 9 of 14

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DATE

October 23, 1983

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Steven Okazaki Collection

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Steven Okazaki

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Minoru Yasui

INTERVIEW TITLE

Minoru Yasui Interview

00:44:28 — 14 segments

DATE

October 23, 1983

LOCATION

Hood River, Oregon

DESCRIPTION

Nisei male. Born October 19, 1916, in Hood River, Oregon. Earned a law degree from the University of Oregon law school and was practicing law prior to World War II. In 1942, deliberately defied the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and was arrested. His case was tried, and he was sentenced to one year in prison and given a $5000 fine. The appeal eventually reached the Supreme Court, which ruled that the government did have the authority to restrict the lives of civilian citizens during wartime. Yasui's fine was removed and he was released to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In the 1980s, his case was reopened under writ of error coram nobis, and 1986 his conviction was overturned by the Oregon federal court.

(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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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Steven Okazaki

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Courtesy of Steven Okazaki

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