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FC: Did your dad write English? Did he know English?

GY: He learned while he was in prison. And my recollection was that we would occasionally get letters from him, from the prison, with drawings and artwork. And it was something that was a real treat for us. And it would make my mother laugh, and it would make my, members of my family laugh, because his English was so absolutely poor. I think he learned what he learned while he was in prison. The broken English, but he conveyed a lot of the sentiment and feeling that he had for us. And the letters are something that we still cherish, even to this day.

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GY: The letters we received from my father in prison had the artwork as well as a broken letter written in English. And I was told that Frank Emi was the one who taught my dad how to write that rather poor English. There's one absolutely memorable letter that we received, that was a picture of my dad as he looked then, and he told us later that he and Frank Emi shared a cell together, and that Frank Emi drew that picture. Something that's real important for us.

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