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DH: You said, when we talked last time, you remember the day that the army arrived here... on the ferry, to put up the Executive Order 9066. Can you tell me about that again? Describe what that day was like.

WW: Well, they, they marched off the ferry from Seattle and they were met by a Bainbridge Island group, a large group. And you could say to yourself, boy, here's where we have a war.

DH: Because here were the, the army soldiers and the Japanese community at the ferry dock?

WW: I beg your pardon?

DH: So the army and the Japanese community were right there at the ferry dock?

WW: That's right. And... the thing got instantly better when one of the spokesmen of the group on the island said, "Sir, we will be very glad to show you where to post your notices so that they will be seen. We, we know where, where they should be and we will be happy to go with you anytime you want to." And...

MW: That's a good story. I love that.

DH: Yeah.

MW: What was the reaction of the...?

WW: I beg your pardon?

MW: What was the reaction of the army guys when they did...

WW: When they, what?

MW: When they, the people from the island gave, said we'll show you. How did the army react?

WW: Oh, they were glad to get the help!

MW: Yeah.

DH: You said that the Japanese community won over that troop of soldiers.

WW: I don't, I don't...

DH: I remember you telling me that the Japanese community ran, kind of won over the hearts of those American soldiers.

WW: Won over the, what?

MW: Won over the hearts... of the soldiers.

WW: Oh, sure.

DH: They weren't, they weren't from here. The soldiers weren't from here, were they?

WW: No, they were from New Jersey. They talked out of the corner of their mouth and they talked about 'toity toyed' street. [Ed. note: Imitation of "thirty-third street"] [Laughs]

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