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TY: [Jpn.] By the way, in June 1944, your fifth child, Robert, Bobby was born in the camp. Right?
MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh. Yeah.
TY: [Jpn.] The first four children were born in Sunnydale or South Park with the help of a midwife.
MK: [Eng.] Yeah.
TY: [Jpn.] She took care of it.
MK: [Jpn.] That's right.
TY: [Jpn.] But this time it was at a camp hospital.
MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. A hospital in Seattle.
TY: [Jpn.] It was in the camp, wasn't it?
MK: [Jpn.] No, it was a camp hospital.
TY: [Jpn.] Yes.
MK: [Jpn.] Everywhere, at both places there was a hospital.
TY: [Jpn.] Yes.
MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.
TY: [Jpn.] Were there some difference? The first four children were born by the hand of midwives.
MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. That's right.
TY: [Jpn.] But this time you were surrounded by many other women.
MK: [Jpn.] Oh, that's right. It was at a hospital.
TY: [Jpn.] Yes, it was.
MK: [Jpn.] Well, I was very relaxed.
TY: [Jpn.] Also your neighbors...
MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.
TY: [Jpn.] ...gave some advice.
MK: [Jpn.] Well, we had no choice but to come to the hospital.
TY: [Jpn.] I see.
MK: [Jpn.] Because there was no midwife.
TY: [Jpn.] Yes.
MK: [Jpn.] Uh-huh. Because it was run by the Caucasians. Because the Caucasians were running it, they wouldn't allow midwives. No midwives.
TY: [Jpn.] Yeah.
MK: [Jpn.] They hospitalized people.
TY: [Jpn.] I see.
MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.
TY: [Jpn.] And Bobby was born. Did you have any complications with his birth?
MK: [Jpn.] No. Nothing.
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