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Letter from Takashi Hoshizaki Gonzales to Caroline Aoyagi (ddr-densho-122-505)
doc Letter from Takashi Hoshizaki Gonzales to Caroline Aoyagi (ddr-densho-122-505)
Response to coverage of controversy over JACL apology to resisters, personal information redacted.
Front page of the Open Forum (ddr-densho-122-784)
doc Front page of the Open Forum (ddr-densho-122-784)
Article by A.L. Wirin on ruling for conscientious objectors
Mits Koshiyama Interview (ddr-densho-122-10)
vh Mits Koshiyama Interview (ddr-densho-122-10)
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 …
Art Emi Interview (ddr-densho-122-7)
vh Art Emi Interview (ddr-densho-122-7)
Brother of Frank Emi, leader of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee (FPC). While incarcerated, helped the FPC organize.

(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 …

Yosh Kuromiya Interview (ddr-densho-122-8)
vh Yosh Kuromiya Interview (ddr-densho-122-8)
Nisei male. Born April 1923 in Sierra Madre, California. Was pursuing a degree in art at Pasadena Junior College at the time of mass removal. While incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, continued his artistic pursuits, drawing sketches and designing posters, etc. for various camp projects. Resisted the draft at age 21, and was indicted in 1944 …
James Omura Interview II (ddr-densho-122-11)
vh James Omura Interview II (ddr-densho-122-11)
Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy …
Kats Kunitsugu Interview (ddr-densho-122-16)
vh Kats Kunitsugu Interview (ddr-densho-122-16)
Nisei female, born in 1925. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.

(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 …

Letter of support for publication of
doc Letter of support for publication of "Open Letter" to S.I. Hayakawa (ddr-densho-122-39)
From Hannah Tomiko Holmes, including copy of letter from Helen Keller, personal information redacted
Letter to Frank Abe from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-201)
doc Letter to Frank Abe from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-201)
Notes on Commission for Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings, Mike Masaoka. Personal information redacted.
Letter to Frank Abe from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-204)
doc Letter to Frank Abe from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-204)
Notes about Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings, Chin's play "The Big Aieeee. . . " and Mike Masaoka.
Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview (ddr-densho-122-17)
vh Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview (ddr-densho-122-17)
Kats Kunitsugu is a Nisei female, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.

Paul Tsuneishi is a Nisei male. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and was drafted into the military at age eighteen. After World War II, served …
Art Hansen Interview (ddr-densho-122-23)
vh Art Hansen Interview (ddr-densho-122-23)
White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …
Fred Okrand Interview (ddr-densho-122-15)
vh Fred Okrand Interview (ddr-densho-122-15)
White male. Born 1918. Former longtime legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Was an advocate for civil rights throughout his career, and worked on behalf of Japanese Americans during the World War II incarceration.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, …

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