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[Translated from Japanese]

TY: By the way, I was told that the United Buddhist Church was started in 1942. A Buddhist service was started at Minidoka camp in 1942. Do you remember it?

YI: What about Buddhism?

TY: A Buddhist service at Minidoka camp in 1942.

YI: Oh, that's right. Every Sunday we had a speech.

TY: What kind of person officiated the service?

YI: There were ministers who had been arrested and put in the camp.

TY: Were they the ministers who had not been arrested by FBI?

YI: There were some who were not arrested. He gave a sermon in place of others. Reverend Terakawa passed away there. In Minidoka. He wore boots and walked in deep snow to give sermons.

TY: I was told that a Bon Festival was also held in 1943.

YI: Was there a Bon Festival? I don't remember any more.

TY: By the way, do you remember about the loyalty questions?

YI: Huh?

TY: Well, the loyalty questions. A lot of questions. You must have received a questionnaire.

YI: Really?

TY: Do you remember that? The questions regarding your loyalty toward the U.S. or Japan.

YI: I don't know much about it.

TY: Depending on how you answered those questions, you were sent to a different camp.

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