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![Akio Hoshino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-26)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-26)
Nisei male. Born April 28, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Seattle's Central area. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted draft orders and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Resettled in Seattle area after release.
![Testimony of Akio T. Hoshino (ddr-densho-67-315)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a1/e6/a1e6da7382c04f14febdf1237b0063c5.jpg)
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Testimony of Akio T. Hoshino (ddr-densho-67-315)
Written testimony of Akio T. Hoshino, born in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.
![Notes from interview with Akio Hoshino (ddr-densho-122-817)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ca/67/ca67fd8286abf9e2367497456a8fab19.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-26-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-26-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-26-13)
Leaving McNeil Island Penitentiary, starting over
![Akio Hoshino Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-26-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-26-7)
Issei and Nisei attitudes toward outbreak of war with Japan and mass removal
![Akio Hoshino Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-26-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-26-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-26-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-26-15)
Experiences with racism, feeling like a third-class citizen
![Akio Hoshino Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-26-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-26-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-26-3)
Prewar relationships between Japanese and larger society; feeling like a third-class citizen
![Akio Hoshino Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-26-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-26-9)
Minidoka concentration camp: social life, work, impact of incarceration on families
![Akio Hoshino Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-26-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-26-11)
A unique Japanese American attitude regarding one's time in county jail for resisting the draft
![Akio Hoshino Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-26-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-26-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-26-10)
Discussion of so-called "loyalty questions" and the decision to resist the draft
![Akio Hoshino Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-26-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
![Akio Hoshino Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-26-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-26-14)
Reflections on the decision to resist the draft, telling younger generation about experiences
![Akio Hoshino Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-26-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-26-8)
Memories of Puyallup Assembly Center: friendly guards, ice skating, and arguing over steel cots
![Akio Hoshino Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-26-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-26-12)
Description of McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington; imprisoned for resisting the draft
![Akio Hoshino Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-26-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/83/3783df2da1ef60cb74ce5d3dba528598.jpg)
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Akio Hoshino Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-26-17)
Reflecting on the U.S. government's actions, "We did receive an apology... sign of a good government"
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Narrator Akio Hoshino
Nisei male. Born April 28, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Seattle's Central area. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted draft orders and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Resettled in Seattle area after release.
![Seattle Jap Draft Evader Sentenced (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1063)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1a/9d/1a9d797a0739c35c5011739a3cb583bd.jpg)
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Seattle Jap Draft Evader Sentenced (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1063)
The Seattle Daily Times, September 28, 1944, p. 13