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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-122-10-6)

The uniqueness of the draft resistance movement at Heart Mountain

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-122-10-6/

vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-122-10-10)

Writing an article about camp: "I thought I should tell the truth"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-10-10/

Narrator Mits Koshiyama

Nisei male. Born August 7, 1924, in Mountain View, California. Grew up in the Santa Clara Valley, California, working on his family's leased strawberry farm. In June of 1942, he was involuntarily "evacuated" to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, then to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Graduated from high school in camp and at the age …

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-130-2)

Attending grade school in the Santa Clara Valley, California: getting into fights after being called a "Jap" by other children

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-130-19)

Difficulties faced by resisters after the war; ways of showing patriotism and loyalty other than serving in the military

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-130-1)

Family background: father immigrated to the U.S., returned to Japan to marry

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-130-7)

Santa Anita Assembly Center: making camouflage nets, observing loss of family ties

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-130-9)

Moving to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-130-16)

Feeling shocked and hurt upon hearing "guilty" verdict in draft resistance trial, sentenced to three years in prison

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-130-21)

Renewed interest in the stories of the World War II resisters

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-130-4)

Upon hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack, believing that the U.S. government would speak up and protect Japanese Americans: "but I was wrong"

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-130-14)

Arrest after refusing to report for induction physical

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-130-13)

Learning about the Fair Play Committee at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-130-10)

Realization in camp that the incarceration constituted a deprivation of constitutional rights

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-130-11)

Receiving draft classification 1-A; responding to so-called "loyalty questionnaire" with a qualified answer

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-130-18)

After release from prison, returning to family in California

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-130-8)

Registering for the draft at Santa Anita Assembly Center

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-130-17)

Serving time for draft resistance at McNeil Island Penitentiary

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-130-15)

Trial for resisting the draft: called "Jap boys" by judge

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-130-12)

Temporarily leaving camp to work for local farmers, encountering discrimination

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-130-20)

Visiting Japan and getting married

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-130-5)

Family contemplates "voluntary evacuation" to central California

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-130-3)

Participation in community events; continued racial discrimination in high school

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-130-6)

Mass removal: registration of families, losing strawberry crop

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vh Mits Koshiyama Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1002-6-2)

Facing a hostile reaction in school and community following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-6-2/

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