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TY: [Jpn.] In 1947, two years after the war ended, Paul was born. And in October of 1949, two years later, the seventh child Alan was born?

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah, Alan.

TY: [Jpn.] Alan was born.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah, he was born.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes, and both Paul and Alan were born at a hospital, weren't they?

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. That's right.

TY: [Jpn.] Was a midwife still...?

MK: [Jpn.] It was not a midwife, but I went to a hospital.

TY: [Jpn.] Which one?

MK: [Jpn.] The midwives were probably gone by that time because they were quite old.

TY: [Jpn.] Probably. It's been over ten years since the first baby.

MK: [Jpn.] That's right. After we returned from the camp, I didn't hear much about midwives. There might have been, but because I lived in Sunnydale and not in a city, I didn't hear about it.

TY: [Jpn.] And this time again, did you work till you had a baby?

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Which hospital did you go to?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, Virginia Mason, I think.

TY: [Jpn.] I see... and...

MK: [Jpn.] And at that time there was a Japanese doctor, Dr. Suzuki. Dr. Suzuki...

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] They did everything. In those days, after the Japanese returned, they became many things such as Dr. Suzuki and there was another Japanese doctor. There were two Japanese doctors. Who was the other one? He is still working there. What was his name? I can't remember his name. Besides Dr. Suzuki, there was another one. What was his name? That doctor? What was it? It will come up when I am not thinking... that doctor... I don't remember...

[Interruption]

TY: [Jpn.] When you remember...

MK: [Jpn.] What?

TY: [Jpn.] Tell me later when you remember.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. I will remember later.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes, tell me then.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, then, how long did it take to rebuild or put the greenhouse back on track?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, greenhouse. We built one greenhouse and didn't build any more. We just left one there.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] We just worked with the one there.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes. How long did it take to make a profit... to do well?

MK: [Jpn.] What?

TY: [Jpn.] You started working in the greenhouse, didn't you?

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then how long did it take before you were doing well financially or were making a good living?

MK: [Jpn.] Well, let me see.

TY: [Jpn.] You started from the beginning again.

MK: [Jpn.] Well it took good five years. Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] You were living with seven children?

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Yeah.

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