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DH: You had -- you were the fourth of five siblings.

JH: Yes.

DH: What year were you born?

JH: 1933.

DH: And describe the birth order of your siblings.

JH: Okay. Okay, my oldest brother was Arthur, who has passed away. My next oldest, the next oldest sibling is my sister, Teruko, and then next brother was Norio, and then myself, and then my youngest brother is Yoshihiro.

DH: You said, "Arthur." That was the name that, kind of a nickname.

JH: Yes, his name was Yoshiho.

DH: Can you talk a little bit more about your childhood besides the trout, catching the trout, what was your life like here for you and your siblings growing up here? Before the war, on Bainbridge Gardens.

JH: Well, before the war, of course, the world was a wonderful world. We were free to roam around and play on the huge premises of Bainbridge Gardens. And then we were just in walking distance to Fletcher's Bay, which is only, approximately less than a mile from here, and -- well, I should say about a mile. And we would traverse through the woods; later on when we were able to ride bikes, we would bike there. And they had a ferry dock. The ferry dock was part of the, what's called a "mosquito fleet," and in those days the ferries would land from place to place on Bainbridge Island to pick up their fares, and then move to Seattle. It was, sometimes took over two hours to traverse from here to Seattle. But anyway, at Fletcher's Bay there was this huge dock in which we would handline fish for perch, and for shiners, and cod, and then there was a huge beach that furnished us with oysters and clams and geoducks and seaweed. So every day that we went there was just a truly wonderful event, and it was very enjoyable. As most parents do when you're that age, they shelter you from anything that's negative anyway. So you know, those were great days, and they were worryless days, and very enjoyable days.

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