Yosh Kuromiya Interview Segment 5
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Densho
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-densho-122-8-5 (Legacy UID: denshovh-kyosh-01-0005)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
The decision to resist the draft: "Somebody had to say somethin'"
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.
00:01:25 — Segment 5 of 9
PARENT COLLECTION
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CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Densho
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-122-8
NARRATOR
INTERVIEW TITLE
Yosh Kuromiya Interview
00:28:28 — 9 segments
DATE
August 15 & 16, 1993
LOCATION
Los Angeles, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born April 1923 in Sierra Madre, California. Was pursuing a degree in art at Pasadena Junior College at the time of mass removal. While incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, continued his artistic pursuits, drawing sketches and designing posters, etc. for various camp projects. Resisted the draft at age 21, and was indicted in 1944 for draft evasion. After serving time in prison, worked as a gardener before becoming a landscape architect in the late 1950s.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)
PRODUCTION
Frank Abe, interviewer; Frank Chin, interviewer
TOPICS
FACILITY
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.