Susumu Yenokida Interview Segment 16
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Manzanar National Historic Site
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-manz-1-35-16 (Legacy UID: denshovh-ysusumu-01-0016)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Dealing with the community stigma of resisting the draft
00:07:31 — Segment 16 of 20
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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Manzanar National Historic Site
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-manz-1-35
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Susumu Yenokida Interview
01:50:43 — 20 segments
DATE
July 5, 2008
LOCATION
Denver, Colorado
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born June 28, 1925, in Turlock, California. Grew up in the Cortez, California, area. During World War II, was removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. When drafted by the military, refused to report for the preinduction physical, and was tried and jailed for refusing the draft. Served time in the Santa Catalina prison camp, and was pardoned along with other resisters of conscience by President Truman in 1947.
PRODUCTION
Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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Courtesy of the Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.