Eji Suyama, 100th Bn/442nd RCT Draftees, No-Nos, Draft Resisters and Renunciants Archival Collection Endowment


UCLA Asian American Studies Center's Suyama Project aims to preserve the history of Japanese American resistance during World War II, including, but not limited to the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team draftees, Army and draft resisters, No-Nos, renunciants, and other Nikkei dissidents of World War II. The Suyama Project is made possible through the generous gift of an anonymous donor who wanted to honor and remember the legacy of resistance, broadly understood.



Category Archives: Draft Resisters

Jimmie Omura's 'Return to the Wars' Diary

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An edited and annotated version of James Omura's diary is now available at suyamaproject.org, a website sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, which aims to preserve the history of Japanese American resistance during World War II, including but not limited to the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team draftees, draft resisters, No Nos, renunciants, and other Nikkei dissidents.


Omura was a vocal opponent of the mass eviction and incarceration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast during World War II. He wrote editorials pointing out the unconstitutionality of the United States style concentration camps and chastised Japanese American leaders, who advocated a policy of government cooperation. He supported the draft resistance movement when the government began drafting men from out of the camps. For taking these stands, Omura's professional and personal suffered, and he was written out of history until the redress movement began during the 1980s.


The thirteen years of Omura's life will be revisited in what is dubbed as his "Return to the Wars" diary by Art Hansen, professor emeritus of history and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton and former director of the university's Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History. Hansen edited the diary and provided more than 500 end notes.


Omura began this portion of the diary in 1981, when he testified before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) in Seattle and ends with his death in Denver in 1994. Stanford University Press has just published an edited volume by Hansen entitled, "Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura."


A book signing will be held on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 2:00 pm at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central, Los Angeles, CA 90012.





James Omura & The Heart Mountain Draft Resisters







Heart Mountain draft resisters James Uyeda with wife, Jane


James Uyeda with wife, Jane

Heart Mountain draft resister James with his wife, Jane, who supported his constroversial stand
Date:
Location: Rocklin, California
Type: Photo scanned; JPEG
Description: Heart Mountain draft resisters James Uyeda with wife, Jane, one of the few wives who stood by her husband even after his arrest
Photographer:
Credits: Mario G. Reyes
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Photos; Heart Mountain; Draft Resisters; James Uyeda; Jane Uyeda; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee




Nisei Veterans Vis-à-vis Draft Resisters Of WWII


Nisei Veterans Vis-à-vis Draft Resisters

Nisei Veterans Vis-à-vis Draft Resisters Of WWII
Date:
Location:
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article; JPEG
Description: Newspaper Article (); Title (Nisei Veterans Vis-à-vis Draft Resisters Of WWII); Author (James Iso, Tom Kashiwabara, Leo Hosoda, Tom Fujimoto, Gary Shiota, Sus Satow); Section (Letter to the Editor)
Photographer:
Credits: Nichi Bei Times
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center; Nichi Bei Times
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Documents; Eji Suyama; Nichi Bei Times




Paul Tsuneishi at Kiyoshi Okamoto’s gravesite


Paul Tsuneishi, a Military Intelligence Service veteran and big supporter of the draft resisters,
lays flowers at Kiyoshi Okamoto’s gravesite.

Military Intelligence Service veteran Paul Tsuneishi at Kiyoshi Okamoto’s gravesite
Date:
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type: Photo scanned; JPEG
Description: Paul Tsuneishi, a Military Intelligence Service veteran and big supporter of the draft resisters, lays flowers at Kiyoshi Okamoto’s gravesite.
Photographer:
Credits: Martha Nakagawa (Photo)
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Photos; Paul Tsuneishi; Kiyoshi Okamoto; Military Intelligence Service; Veterans; Draft Resisters; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee; Heart Mountain




Teizo Matsumoto signs an American flag


Heart Mountain draft resister Teizo Matsumoto signs an American flag

Teizo Matsumoto, Heart Mountain draft resister
Date:
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type: Photo scanned; JPEG
Description: Heart Mountain draft resister Teizo Matsumoto signs an American flag
Photographer:
Credits: Martha Nakagawa (Photo)
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Photos; Heart Mountain; Draft Resisters; Teizo Matsumoto; American Flag; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee




Kiyoshi Okamoto (Registry)


Draft resister Yosh Kuromiya; Dr. Art Hansen; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee leader Frank Emi;
playwright Frank Chin; and Military Intelligence Service veteran Paul Tsuneishi gather around the
Registry of Cremations and point to Kiyoshi Okamoto’s name

Kiyoshi Okamoto’s name is found in the death registry
Date:
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type: Photo scanned; JPEG
Description: Draft resister Yosh Kuromiya; Dr. Art Hansen; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee leader Frank Emi; playwright Frank Chin; and Military Intelligence Service veteran Paul Tsuneishi gather around the Registry of Cremations and point to Kiyoshi Okamoto’s name
Photographer:
Credits: Martha Nakagawa (Photo)
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Photos; Draft Resisters; Resisters; Yosh Kuromiya; Dr. Art Hansen; Kiyoshi Okamoto; Paul Tsuneishi; Frank Emi; Frank Chin; Registry of Cremations; Military Intelligence Service; Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee




Draft Resisters


Draft Resisters

Pacific Citizen. June 25 – July 1, 1999: Letters to the Editor
Date: June 25 – July 1, 1999
Location: Fresno, CA
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article, Pacific Citizen; JPEG
Description: Newspaper Article (Pacific Citizen, June 25 – July 1, 1999); Title (Draft Resisters); Author (Gerald Horiuchi); Section (Letters to the Editor)
Photographer:
Credits: Pacific Citizen
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center; Pacific Citizen
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Documents; Eji Suyama; Pacific Citizen




Re: Draft Resisters


Letters to the Editor

Pacific Citizen. July 16 – 22, 1999: Letters to the Editor
Date: July 16 – 22, 1999
Location: University of California, Los Angeles
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article, Pacific Citizen; JPEG
Description: Newspaper Article (Pacific Citizen, July 16 – 22, 1999); Title (Re: Draft Resisters); Author (Eji Suyama, Tak Hoshizaki and Tom Takahashi); Section (Letters to the Editor)
Photographer:
Credits: Pacific Citizen
Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center; Pacific Citizen
Comments:
Categories/Topics: Documents; Eji Suyama; Pacific Citizen


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