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MA: Were you ever afraid, were you and your husband ever afraid or worried that Spokane would be evacuated the same way?

SO: Not, I wasn't worried that much, but I know some of the Issei people, they threw a lot of their nice things, Japan-made books and dolls and everything, they threw a lot of things away because they thought they would be evacuated also. So, but the only thing my husband was worried about was to sell his car. [Laughs] 'Cause we didn't have very much when the war started. But we were, we were fortunate 'cause we had Caucasian friends that stood up for us, and of course, we were inland, so we had not too much worry about that, either.

MA: What are some examples of how the Caucasian, your Caucasian friends would support you or stand up for you, or the community, I guess?

SO: I think they wrote letters and they were always standing up for us. They were, the church ladies that did this for us, and there may have been some, a few other American people that were trying to get it, trying not to let, have us go, too.

MA: What are some ways that you remember Spokane really changing during the war?

SO: Oh, my goodness, let me see. Gee... can't remember...

MA: Did you notice maybe the population getting a lot bigger and growing?

SO: Yes, I think, I think the population did grow. But I don't know, I was just too busy raising my children, so I didn't... [laughs].

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