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TY: [Jpn.] I understand you had social dances and other activities.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah, there were many things.

TY: [Jpn.] How about those?

MK: [Jpn.] Just like when we were outside, there were many activities.

TY: [Jpn.] Did you attend any of those?

MK: [Eng.] Huh?

TY: [Jpn.] Did you attend those activities?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, well, maybe we went to a baseball game.

TY: [Jpn.] You mean your husband?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Also there were other things. Baseball, judo and kendo in Japan. Those things were there. Uh-huh. I think there were many things, but my children... Donald was small. Wherever you went, it really wasn't a big deal. Uh-huh. So none of us went.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, then, did you get any information about the war?

MK: [Eng.] Huh?

TY: [Jpn.] About the war. I mean Japan and the U.S....

MK: [Jpn.] You mean news?

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] The news we heard was always victory. We won, won and won. That's why "the Victory Group" was formed in the camp.

TY: [Jpn.] Was that at Tule Lake?

MK: [Jpn.] The Victory Group. They claimed that they won and said they would go back to Japan after the war. They were the Victory Group. They said they didn't stay in the U.S. So that's why we were divided into two groups. Yeah.

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