Frank Emi
Nisei male. Born September 23, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Attended Los Angeles City College for one year before leaving to run the family produce business. Married and had a daughter before being removed to Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The leader of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee, was convicted of resisting the draft, and was imprisoned for eighteen months at Leavenworth, Kansas. After leaving prison, worked for the U.S. post office and the California state unemployment office. Mr. Emi practiced judo as a young person before the war, and postwar, taught at the Hollywood Judo Dojo.
Interviews
Frank Emi Interview — ddr-densho-1002-9
March 20, 1994.
San Francisco, California.
01:36:54 — 22 segments.
01:36:54 — 22 segments.
An oral history with Frank S. Emi — ddr-csujad-29-68
10/6/2004.
San Gabriel, California; Cody, Wyoming.
1:35:05 — 1 segments.
1:35:05 — 1 segments.
Frank Emi oral history interview — ddr-csujad-31-2
11/8/2004.
San Fernando Valley, California.
1:06:35 — 1 segments.
1:06:35 — 1 segments.
Frank Emi Interview II — ddr-densho-122-20
January 30, 1998.
Los Angeles, California.
01:39:02 — 25 segments.
01:39:02 — 25 segments.
Frank Emi Interview I — ddr-densho-122-5
February 23, 1993.
San Gabriel, California.
00:45:44 — 12 segments.
00:45:44 — 12 segments.
