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"Protest and Resistance; an American Tradition" (ddr-densho-122-599)
Agenda for Conference in Cheyenne Wyoming



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Federal Building in Cheyenne, Wyoming (ddr-densho-122-707)
Location of Heart Mountain Resisters trial, from Wyoming State Museum.

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Report on Convicted Prisoner by United State Attorney (ddr-densho-122-530)
Report on Kiyoshi Okamoto filed by Carl Sackett, U.S. Attorney in Cheyenne, Wyoming, denying appeal of conviction.

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Trial of the Heart Mountain draft resisters (ddr-densho-122-1)
The first day of the trial of the 63 Heart Mountain draft resisters in Federal District Court, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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Trial of the Heart Mountain draft resisters (ddr-densho-122-2)
The first day of the trial of the 63 Heart Mountain draft resisters in Federal District Court, Cheyenne, Wyoming. MIts Koshiyama seated in center looking down.

Narrator Dave Kawamoto
Nisei male. Born December 16, 1916, in Cupertino, California. Attended San Jose State College, where he was an NCAA wrestling champion. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, tried to enlist in the U.S. Air Corps, but was refused on account of his Japanese ancestry. Was one semester short of earning a business degree when he …

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Kent Japanese Is Arrested On Travel Charge (April 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-742)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 3, 1942, p. 3

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63 members of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee at a court hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo (ddr-csujad-29-183)
Photograph of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. Photograph titled: "63 members of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee at a court hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo., having been charged with resisting the draft." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P125

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Page 18 of Wyoming Eagle (ddr-densho-122-789)
Article: Nisei Trial to Resume on Monday; dismissal Denied



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"Visit to Cheyenne Jail with Japanese American Draft Delinquents" (ddr-densho-122-866)
Report from Min Yasui and Joe Grant Masaoka Re: jailed draft resisters from Heart Mountain

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Correspondence from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi via George Nozawa (ddr-densho-122-453)
Copy of original letter, visits with prisoners before transfer to McNeil Island and Leavenworth

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Correspondence from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi via George Nozawa (ddr-densho-122-454)
Copy of original letter, visiting prisoners before their transfer

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Editorial page of Wyoming Eagle (ddr-densho-122-786)
Editorial on Heart Mountain Resisters Trial

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Telegram from S.D. Fairchild re: Heart Mountain trial (ddr-densho-122-427)
Requesting advice from ACLU about defending Shigeru Fujii

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Correspondence from Kozie Sakai to Frank Emi via George Nozawa (ddr-densho-122-451)
Copy of original letter, with news of visit with jailed resisters and progress of trial, Friday June 30?

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Front page of Wyoming Eagle (ddr-densho-122-787)
Article: Japs Say They Refused to Report for Army Because 'Rights Were Taken Away', including photo of defense attorneys Samuel Menin and Clyde Watts


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Copies of subpoenas issued to individuals to appear in court (ddr-densho-122-833)
To testify at conspiracy trial of James Omura and leaders of the Fair Play committee

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Letter to Art Emi from Frank Emi (ddr-densho-122-490)
Written from jail, includes list of resisters being sent to Leavenworth

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Letter to Frank Emi from Ben Wakaye from jail in Cheyenne (ddr-densho-122-477)
Written as Wakaye was being transferred to Leavenworth Prison after trial
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