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LT: When you lived at Pinedale, your parents, you and your siblings went early so you could help. Your parents came later, and so they didn't live with you.

MN: No.

LT: How far away were they?

MN: They were about four or five blocks away.

LT: So for the first time, you lived apart from your mother and your father.

MN: Uh-huh.

LT: What was that like?

MN: Well, when you're young, you don't worry about things like that, because we can go see 'em if we wanted to.

LT: Did it give you more independence, or did you find time to meet them for meals?

MN: Uh-uh, they lived in a different section.

LT: So you didn't even see them at the mess hall.

MN: Uh-uh.

LT: So life really changed for you in your day to day routines as well.

MN: More or less.

LT: Well, you were one of the last... while you were one of the first to arrive at Pinedale, you were also one of the last to leave Pinedale.

MN: Uh-huh.

LT: And why was that?

MN: We closed up Pinedale.

LT: So while you checked people in when they arrived, what was your responsibility when people left Pinedale?

MN: I don't remember. All I know is I was still working in the office.

LT: Okay, okay.

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