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TI: So you mentioned your son and one of your daughters. Can you just tell me your family and all your kids?

FT: Yeah, well, I have a, the oldest son's Roger. He (...) never went to college (but served in Vietnam, and) he had all kinds of jobs. I heard later that he had taught in (Iran) and stuff like that, English in (Iran). But now he runs a physical fitness center in Honolulu.

TI: Okay, so Roger, and then who else?

FT: (...) And then there's Barbara with a public relations firm. And (...) Irene, you know her.

TI: In Seattle, yes.

FT: A judge, pro-temp. And then Ike, he's a physician in Boise.

TI: Okay.

FT: Yeah, so Barbara has a communications diploma and an MBA. Irene has one in physical ed. and lawyer, juris prudent. Ike has one in business and med.

TI: So that's when you said double-dipping. So they have double --

FT: All of them, yeah. Ike, when he got out of business, he was working for GAO. And he decided to go med, and so then he took his MEDSAT and got in. And did his intern in Boise, and in Tampa. And then he (returned) to Boise (...). He's now working (as) a partner in a digestive (health) clinic.

TI: Good, so we're kind of winding down, I wanted to know do you have anything else you'd like to say or, or tell us to end this interview? In terms of maybe something you want to say to your grandchildren or something, or what would you like to say?

FT: Well, I've got five grandchildren, three boys and two girls. And (we're) closest to the two girls because we took care of them in Boise, the five years that (we lived) in Boise. See, (we) retired to Seattle (and) lived here ten years, and then Ike said, "Hey, you guys are getting pretty old, come (...) to Boise and I'll take care of you." So we went to Boise for five years. But it got so cold in the winters (...) we decided to take Barbara's offer (to live) in Hawaii, so (we) moved to Hawaii. And we've been there for the last seven years.

TI: And when you come back to Seattle, how does it feel? Because this is where you were kind of born and raised.

FT: Oh, sure.

TI: What does Seattle feel like to you?

FT: Oh, it's home, really. First thing I do is walk the waterfront. And have my fish and chips and clam chowder at Steamer's. I like to climb the steps to Pike Place Market. I used to walk all over Seattle. I used to walk along the lake from Mount Baker (to) Madrona and then take the bus (to) Beacon Hill, (where we lived). I'd walk (from) Beacon Hill, (...) down the waterfront to Seattle Center and sometimes I'd walk the other way down Rainier Avenue to (the) end of the trolley lines. Yeah, all over.

TI: Okay, well, Frank, thank you so much for doing this interview. I know it took a lot of work for you to do this in Seattle, so I appreciate it.

FT: Yeah.

(Additional information provided by the narrator: After I returned to Seattle, following the merger of INS and UP in 1958, I worked about a year at Boeing. I was then recruited to work in the Public Affairs Department of the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) in 1959 as an information specialist. After the islands were returned to Japan in 1972, I became the Public Affairs Officer of the Navy -- Commander, Fleet Activities / Naval Air Pacific Okinawa until my retirement from federal service in 1986. During the Occupation of Japan, I became friendly with a member of the royal family -- Prince Kuoni, elder brother of the Empress Nagako. At INS, I covered Bob Hope's Xmas Tour to Korea, interviewed Elizabeth Taylor, escorted movie stars, including Brando and Columnist Bob Considione. At USCAR-Okinawa, I covered President Eisenhower's stop-over on Okinawa while he was enroute to Korea.

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