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[Translated from Japanese]

TY: At that time, those who didn't leave Seattle unlike your family were taken to the internment camps later on, right?

AT: That's right. That's right.

TY: At one's own expense... the West Coast, there was a region in the West Coast where Japanese Americans couldn't stay, wasn't there? Those who evacuated from there at their own expense could receive monetary compensation later on...

AT: We received it.

TY: ...you had said. What procedure was necessary?

AT: Hmm, that was, we received the written document from the government. Then, we took it there, and it wasn't much though. We took it, and I think they exchanged it to the bank smoothly. It was something like, it was okay as long as they knew it was the person himself. If it was the actual person or not. And, they exchanged it. We received some amount, too.

TY: That was after the war, wasn't it?

AT: It was after the war. After the war, at least they wanted us to take their apology because they caused inconvenience to those who had evacuated. I forgot though. I remember going to the bank and exchanging it. I think it was two hundred dollars per person. I think I received some, too.

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