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TY: [Jpn.] Then it was three months, no, two months later, in July 1942, to Tule Lake...

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

TY: [Jpn.] You moved.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

TY: [Jpn.] Right. Then you received another notice.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. That's right. We moved into Seventy-three at Tule Lake.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then what made the strongest impression on you when you arrived in Tule Lake?

MK: [Jpn.] Let me think. "Gan" How do you say "gan"? A bird.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh, yes. "Gan," a bird. Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] We say "gan" in Japanese, but here...

TY: [Jpn.] What would that be? What do you call that in English?

MK: [Jpn.] Well, what do you call that?

AI: [Eng.] Watchtower.

TY: [Eng.] It's a bird.

AI: [Eng.] Oh... seagull?

MK: [Jpn.] Well, you know, those flying in formation every day. Those birds which fly in formation. What is that bird?

TY: [Jpn.] Could it be a goose? It's like a goose?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, gosh. I can't remember.

AI: [Eng.] Duck.

TY: [Eng.] Duck? No.

MK: [Jpn.] That one. What do you call that?

TY: [Jpn.] It is also called "kari," isn't it?

MK: [Jpn.] "Kari"?

TY: [Jpn.] "Kari" is also a Japanese word.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah, it's a "kari."

TY: [Jpn.] It's a "kari."

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, those were "karis." Yeah. They fly there often.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. That must be their route. They must have a route there. They fly over there very often.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

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