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Title: Kenge Kobayashi Interview
Narrator: Kenge Kobayashi
Interviewer: Alice Ito
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Date: July 4, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-kkenge-01-0016

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AI: And did he continue farming for a while?

KK: Yes, he did.

AI: Because at that point he must have, his age --

KK: Yeah, he was in his fifties, in the fifties and sixties. And he was a happiest when he was on the farm. But he lived 'til he was ninety. So he lived a good life.

AI: And what happened with your brother and sister and their citizenship?

KK: That's where Wayne Collins fought for their citizenship back through court, and his main reason was that they were, they were duress, influenced to renounce their citizenship and so they won. They got their citizenship back so they have Mr. Collins to thank for.

AI: Now, in the meantime you had been farming for a while after the war too.

KK: Yes, I was on the farm.

AI: And did you stay with your parents for a while farming with them?

KK: Yes, until I went to school, art school.

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