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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-2-41)

Thoughts on the other draft resisters

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-2-38)

Suspecting the camp administration of tampering with draft notice

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-2-40)

Communicating with other draft resisters from Heart Mountain

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-2-20)

Attempting to improve conditions at Puyallup Assembly Center and running into resistance

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-2-13)

Interaction with classmates in college; keeping a distance

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-2-34)

Becoming angry and demanding better conditions in camp: the impact of Tule Lake residents moving into Minidoka

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-2-29)

Personal response to the so-called "loyalty questions"

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-2-23)

Mother's suicide as a result of ostracism by Japanese American community postwar

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-122-12-9)

Mother's suicide as a result of ostracism from Japanese American community postwar

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, …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-122-12-12)

Remembering mother's funeral

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-122-12-13)

Thoughts on members of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-122-12-1)

Meeting with Minoru Yasui and telling him about resistance decision

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-122-12-11)

Thoughts on arrest and FBI's "dangerous" classification

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 Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-122-12-5)

Memories of Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and meeting Minoru Yasui

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-122-12-7)

Answers to the so-called "loyalty questions"

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-122-12-3)

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.

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-122-12-15)

Recollections of prison, being released

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 Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-122-12-4)

Feeling disappointment upon meeting Minoru Yasui

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-122-12-10)

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.

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-122-12-8)

Receiving the silent treatment from the Japanese American community postwar

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 …

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-122-12-2)

Forms of resistance: "repatriation" strategy

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 Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-122-12-6)

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-12-6/

vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-122-12-14)

Younger brother's experience also as a draft resister

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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Narrator Jim Akutsu

Nisei male. Born January 25, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted the draft, with the rationale that the U.S. government had classified him 4-C, an enemy alien, and he was therefore under no obligation to serve. Imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Vocal critic of …

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doc Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)

Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. The school included grades 8-12. Individual students are photographed in senior portraits or class photos. Student activities are represented, including student labor/work experience program ("part-time workers"), May Day royalty, and sports. Student signatures are included throughout the book.

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