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.



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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.





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Screwed Again, Part 2


Screwed Again Part 2

North American Post. May 27, 2009: Screwed Again Part 2
Date: May 27, 2009
Location: University of California, Los Angeles
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article, North American Post
Description: Newspaper Article (North American Post, May 27, 2009); Title (Screwed Again); Author (Eji Suyama); Section (Letter to the Editor)
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442nd Vet Supports Watada


442nd Vet Supports Watada

Nichi Bei Times. February 2008: 442nd Vet Supports Watada
Date: February 2008
Location: Ft. Meade, SD
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article, Nichi Bei Times; JPEG
Description: Newspaper Article (Nichi Bei Times, February 2008); Title (442nd Vet Supports Watada); Author (Eji Suyama); Section (Letter to the Editor)
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Letter to the Editor, March 3, 2007


Letter to the Editor

Eji Suyama, March 3, 2007: Letter to the Editor
Date: March 3, 2007
Location: Ft. Meade, SD
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Open Letter to Gen. Dubik


Open Letter to Gen. Dubik

Eji Suyama, March 29, 2007: Open Letter to Gen. Dubik
Date: March 29, 2007
Location: University of California, Los Angeles
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An Historic Obligation


Letters to the Editor

Pacific Citizen. February 16 – March 1, 2007: Letters to the Editor, An Historical Obligation
Date: February 16 – March 1, 2007
Location: University of California, Los Angeles
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article, Pacific Citizen; JPEG
Description: Newspaper Article (Pacific Citizen, February 16 – March 1, 2007); Title (An Historical Obligation); Author (Eji Suyama); Section (Letters to the Editor)
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Nikkei Cleansing: A Strained Comparison


Nikkei Cleansing: A Strained Comparison

KaMai Forum. June 19, 1999: Nikkei Cleansing: A Strained Comparison
Date: June 19, 1999
Location: Ft. Meade, SD
Type: Scanned image of newspaper article, KaMai Forum; JPEG
Description: Newspaper Article (KaMai Forum, June 19, 1999); Title (Nikkei Cleansing: A Strained Comparison); Author (Eji Suyama); Section (Community Perspectives)
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Screwed Again Postscript


Screwed Again

Eji Suyama: Screwed Again Postscript
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Location: Sebastopol, CA
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