Frank Emi interview excerpt about World War II draft

Frank Emi interview excerpt about World War II draft

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.

This interview by Frank Emi was given on April 25, 1982 as part of a larger project by Frank Chin that includes several interviews by draft resisters at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Central to the draft resistance at Heart Mountain was the Fair Play Committee. The committee, which included Emi, advised individuals at Heart Mountain with objections to the draft to refuse induction until their concerns were addressed.

Frank Emi and Frank Chin

Frank Chin Oral History Collection, cg 654

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc

1982-04-25

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Original audio cassette were digitized into a WAV file using Audacity. A segment of the interview was isolated and edited using Audacity before being converted to an MP3 using Format Factory 3.0.1.

English

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I felt that we were so much in the right, you know. Well first they kicked us out of California and threw us into the camps. Then asked the boys to volunteer into the army and then, not getting enough response, start drafting. That was like kicking a man down and spitting on him. And I felt so strong about that, that you know, nothing could really intimidate us.

Audio cassette

30 seconds