Jimmy Konno oral history interview, part 2 of 4, May 3, 2003
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Description
Konno discusses receiving visitors while at Pomona temporary detention facility, then volunteering to go to Heart Mountain incarceration camp to build barracks, as well as his interactions with the armed guards. He then talks about his desire to volunteer for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, but instead, was drafted. Konno also discusses draft resisters, traveling to Camp Shelby, basic training; and his experiences with segregation while in Mississippi.
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video/m4v
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0:29:32
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Spatial Coverage
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2003OH0345_02_Konno
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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/345-Konno-Jimmy-2.m4v
Date of Birth
1922 Aug 21
Location of Birth
War or Conflict
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Entrance into Service
Location of Basic Training
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Yes
Citation
Konno, Jimmy: narrator, Kunitomi, Darrell: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Jimmy Konno oral history interview, part 2 of 4, May 3, 2003,” Japanese American Military History Collective, accessed May 6, 2024, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1049599.