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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-122-21-10)

Memories of being assigned to a bomber crew: "that was a great feeling"

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-122-21-18)

Thoughts on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-122-21-3)

Reasons for wanting to fly a B-29 in combat, the only Japanese American to do so

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-122-21-5)

Shige and Ben recount how they first met

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-122-21-1)

Description of flying in a B-24 bomber during World War II

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-122-21-4)

Shige's description of Mike Masaoka

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-122-21-19)

Clarifying a misunderstanding: "[the government] did not tell me what to say or what to do"

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-122-21-13)

Memories of speaking at Heart Mountain concentration camp: mixed reactions

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-21-13/

vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-122-21-12)

Thoughts on the incarceration: it was grossly unfair; looking at it from a different perspective

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-122-21-6)

Shige's thoughts on Nisei soldiers and the Fair Play Committee at Heart Mountain, Wyoming

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-122-21-11)

Being asked to speak at Heart Mountain concentration camp

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-21-11/

vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-122-21-15)

Comments to the media after the resisters' trial versus feelings many years later

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 …

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-122-21-8)

Witnessing the arrest of Mike Masaoka on December 7, 1941

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-21-8/

vh Grace Kubota Ybarra Interview (ddr-densho-122-14)

Sansei female. Daughter of Guntaro Kubota, an Issei immigrant and one of the leaders of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, as a child, and has memories of receiving letters with cartoon drawings from her father while he was in prison.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his …

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doc Letter to Frank Abe re: development of documentary and book re: Heart Mountain Resistance (ddr-densho-122-369)

Probably from Frank Chin

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vh Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview (ddr-densho-122-21)

Ben Kuroki, Nisei male. Born May 16, 1917, in Hershey, Nebraska. Admitted to the Army Air Corps and flew thirty missions in Europe in a B-24 as a tailgunner and top turret gunner. Earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses and was acclaimed as the first Nisei war hero. Spoke at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and two other camps …

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vh Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview (ddr-densho-122-17)

Kats Kunitsugu is a Nisei female, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.

Paul Tsuneishi is a Nisei male. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and was drafted into the military at age eighteen. After World War II, served …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 38, No. 7, July 2001 (ddr-sjacl-1-491)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Seattle to host IDC/PNWDC Biennial Conference at the Executive Inn by the Seattle Center, keynote-Satsuke Ina, Redress Panel-Fred Shiosaki, Bill Hosokawa, Mits Koshiyama, and Frank Abe; scholarship awardees: Kurose-Jennifer Fung ($2,000), six Tazuma/Tamesa (total $4,000)-Robbin Clemente, Edwin Hamada, Michelle Mai, Kongkham Panyathong, Mari Sugiyama, and Maya Yamasaki; Board Bios-Vicki Toyohara-Mukai, Ryan …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-1-491/