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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1012-2-14)
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Thoughts on postwar reopening of case (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1012-2-6)
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Impact of resistance on family and community (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1012-2-4)
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Coping with restrictions after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1012-2-9)
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Thoughts on initial trial: expecting a guilty verdict (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1012-2-15)
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Reflections on wartime experiences and the government's decision to incarcerate Japanese Americans (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1012-2-3)
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Hearing about the bombing of Peal Harbor (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1012-2-1)
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Family background (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1012-2-13)
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Deciding to enter into an interracial marriage (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1012-2-10)
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Community responses to mass removal: discussion of reasons more people didn't resist (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1012-2-12)
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The significance of the coram nobis cases (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1012-2-11)
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Memories of jail: reunited with parents (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1012-2-16)
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Receiving support in wartime stand (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1012-2-8)
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Watching family and friends leave for camp (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1012-2-7)
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Circulating a written statement detailing reasons for resistance (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1012-2-2)
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Parents' religious background: the "non-church" movement (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this …

Gordon Hirabayashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1012-2-5)
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Making the decision to defy the curfew (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …

Narrator Gordon Hirabayashi

Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
Coram Nobis Litigation Collection (ddr-densho-405)
Collection Coram Nobis Litigation Collection (ddr-densho-405)
The Coram Nobis Litigation Collection contains documents related to the reconsideration of three cases of Japanese Americans who challenged the exclusion orders or curfew that reached the Supreme Court in the 1940s: Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Min Yasui.
Gordon Hirabayashi - Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1012-9-4)
vh Gordon Hirabayashi - Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1012-9-4)
Gordon Hirabayashi's decision to reopen his case (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …

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