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[Translated from Japanese]

AT: My children went to school there for a long time, so...

TY: In Salt Lake City?

AT: Salt Lake City.

TY: You had mentioned that it was when your daughter was about to graduate from high school.

AT: I wonder if it was when she was graduating. She didn't go to college. She said, "Grandma, I was asked to work at a store, so I will work there." She understood both English and Japanese. And, the house there, they made necklaces there. They were running the business. She went there to help because she had been asked earlier. I knew roughly what was going on since I used to work at a place where they made necklaces.

TY: I see. Did your daughter go to parties like Prom at high school in Salt Lake City? Prom, You know Prom. The dance party before the graduation.

AT: Everybody went.

TY: Everybody went? But, were there a lot of Japanese Americans in Salt Lake City?

AT: Not really. There were nobody but farmers. Almost farmers there.

TY: Then, was your daughter's date a Japanese American boy? Or did she go with an American boy?

AT: He was Japanese American.

TY: Japanese American.

AT: He was Kibei.

TY: With Kibei. They went to the dance party.

AT: Yeah. They got married there.

TY: Oh, is that right?

AT: There... well, you call fate the fate. Back in Hiroshima, Terao knew one of his relatives very well. We said that we didn't have to examine his family lineage and it was just fine. He was a little selfish boy, but I started getting angry and said, "You can't do that!" He was the only son. It was good. He is a doctor now.

TY: So, he married your daughter. Did they have a wedding in Salt Lake, then?

AT: Yeah, we had them married, yeah.

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