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Bukkyo Fujinkai members eating (ddr-densho-38-12)
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Issei members of the Bukkyo Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Association) eating a meal in the Seattle Buddhist Temple kitchen. Seated (left to right): Cho Goto, Hanako Sao, Kikue Takahashi (behind Sao), unidentified, Taka Toshi, unidentified, Sasae Watanabe, unidentified, Kikue Hirata, Rieko Shimizu, and Fuiko Nakano. Standing: unidentified (back to camera), Kikuyo Tsuye, and unidentified.
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Narrator Frank H. Hirata

Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-271-10)
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Father reunites family in Japan because of impending war
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-271-8)
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Catching up academically with students in Japan
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-271-6)
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Initially resisting going to Japan with grandfather
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-271-27)
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Feeling a strong connection to the Nisei community, despite Kibei background
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-271-21)
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Converting to Christianity
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-271-29)
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Establishing a career with the Bank of Tokyo
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-271-20)
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Family's return to the United States
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-271-4)
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Learning Japanese language from parents
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-271-30)
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Raising a family
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-271-16)
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Attending a National Higher School in Japan
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-271-23)
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Restoring U.S. citizenship and returning to the United States
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-271-18)
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Changes in Japan's society and government following World War II
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-271-3)
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Being tutored for part of elementary school in order to help out on family farm
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-271-19)
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Feeling more favorably towards Americans after working with U.S. soldiers
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-271-22)
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Meeting future wife and getting married
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-271-13)
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Shortage of resources in Japan during the war
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-271-26)
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Observing changes in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-271-17)
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Feeling "brainwashed" in Japan, animosity towards the United States
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-271-7)
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Growing up in Spokane, Washington
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-271-5)
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Using a "washing house" to prepare vegetables for market
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-271-28)
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Joining the Japanese American Citizens League
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-271-14)
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Japanese wartime ideology
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Frank H. Hirata Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-271-25)
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Galvanizing the Japanese American community to save Little Tokyo
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