Related Links

Heart Mountain, Wyoming Foundation
Contains information about the history of the Heart Mountain camp, including a transcript of an interview with Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki. Dr. Hoshizaki's journal was deposited with the Foundation for preservation.
http://www.heartmountain.us/

Stanley Hayami's Diary
Digital, online version of Stanley Hayami's diary, which is in the Japanese American National Museum's permanent collection.
http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/images/ark:/13030/tf687004zq

McNeil Island Corrections Center
Description and history of McNeil Island Corrections Center, where Takashi Hoshizaki and about half of the Heart Mountain draft resisters served their prison sentence.
http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/miccdescription.htm

Go For Broke Foundation
Founded in 1989, the Go For Broke Foundation documents and shares the history of Japanese Americans World War II veterans. The website includes historical information, oral histories, and lesson plans.
http://www.goforbroke.org/

Conscience and the Constitution
Website for Frank Abe's documentary Conscience and the Constitution, which tells the story of the Heart Mountain draft resisters, includes extensive historical information and resources.
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/conscience/

Frank Abe
Writer and filmmaker Frank Abe's site provides information about Japanese American history, contemporary events and programs, as well as his documentary "Conscience and the Constitution," which tells the story of Japanese American draft resisters.
http://www.resisters.com/

Rabbit in the Moon
PBS website for Emiko Omori's documentary Rabbit in the Moon, which reflects on her family's WWII incarceration experience, includes information on the controversy around drafting Japanese Americans from the camps.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov1999/rabbitinthemoon/

Japanese American National Museum Resources
Japanese American National Museum website includes a resource page that provides information on a wide range of subjects including a chronology of Japanese American history, FAQ about the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, resource directories, and bibliographies.
http://www.janm.org/nrc/resources.php

Densho Organization
Website provides excerpts from their collection of oral histories documenting the incarceration experience of Japanese Americans, including testimonies by both Japanese American draft resisters and veterans.
http://www.densho.org/

Selective Service System
Official website of the Selective Service System website.
http://www.sss.gov/

Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools
Information about Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools, a Southern California-based organization of students, activists, parents and teachers.
http://www.militaryfreeschools.org/

InnerCity Struggle
InnerCity Struggle (ICS) website includes a series of articles that focus on the issue of JROTC and military recruitment in Latino communities. ICS promotes safe, healthy and non-violent communities by organizing youth and families in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles to work toward economic and social justice. Among their projects is "Students Not Soldiers."
http://www.innercitystruggle.org/section.php?sec=8

War Times/Tiempo de Guerras
Lynn Koh of War Times/Tiempo de Guerras speaks with Nancy Meza of InnerCity Struggle about the economic pressures facing Los Angeles youth in working-class, immigrant communities and how those pressures relate to military recruitment.
http://www.war-times.org/issues/WT_studentsnotsoldiers.htm

Stories of Service
An intergenerational Digital Storytelling program that trains youth to use computers to create Digital Stories (short movies) about the experiences of "unsung heroes" from their community. It was initiated in 1998 in Sunnyvale, CA, as the World War II Memories Project. It has since been expanded to document the service of those who served our nation in other times of conflict, as well as those who have helped improved our communities and our society through their involvement in other causes. The site includes short videos that eulogize young soldiers who were recently killed in action in Iraq.
http://www.horizenfoto.com/rhs68/index.shtml