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Frank Konishi Interview (ddr-manz-1-25)
Nisei male. Born December 2, 1928 in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Family operated dairy farm. Received undergraduate degree from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) and doctorate from Cornell University. Worked as Professor of Nutrition until retirement.
Collection
Konishi Family Collection (ddr-densho-362)
Photographs of Konishi family while incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp. The Konishi family consists of Frank Masao Konishi, Shizue Konishi, Tom Konishi, and Marie Michiko (Konishi) Coon. The family's address while at Heart Mountain concentration camp was 12-11 C. Tom Konishi was separated from his parents and sister when he answered "no" on questions 27 …
Narrator Frank Konishi
Nisei male. Born December 2, 1928 in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Family operated dairy farm. Received undergraduate degree from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) and doctorate from Cornell University. Worked as Professor of Nutrition until retirement.
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-25-15)
Employing Japanese families who had "voluntarily relocated" from the West Coast
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-25-18)
Turning in "contraband" items after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-25-20)
Father's eagerness to become a naturalized U.S. citizen
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-25-17)
Hearing about friends and acquaintances who served in the military
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-25-16)
Remembering German POWs who helped on family's farm
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-manz-1-25-21)
Attending college, participating in advanced ROTC
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 25 (ddr-manz-1-25-25)
Getting involved in the Japanese American Citizens League
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-25-22)
Moving to family with Carbondale, Illinois, the first Japanese Americans to live there
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-manz-1-25-27)
Grandfather's travels to the United States from South America, description of homemade senbei maker
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-25-11)
Attending Japanese language school as a child
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