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AI: Oh, excuse me. Before you tell us about, about when you actually left, tell me about your kids. How old were they, then? In early '42?

FH: My kids were...

AI: How old was Neal?

FH: Neal was only... three? And Nat was eleven months.

AI: And, when was your next child due? When were you expecting your next child?

FH: August, uh-huh, I just found out that I was. They were all young, and all in diapers. Maybe it was good that they were small.

LH: And why do you say that?

FH: Huh?

LH: Why do you say that?

FH: Well, easier to handle. [Laughs]

AI: And how did you decide, what did you decide to take for them? Here you have a three-year-old...

FH: We decided, like my sisters, they were older so they were allowed to take just one toy that they liked most. But my kids were smaller but, they just took one toy. They couldn't take anymore.

LH: Now, when you decided to... excuse me. When you came to that last day of evacuation, the day of the evacuation and you had to leave the farmhouse, do you recall any feelings that you would think of when you think of that time? Do you recall the feeling of leaving the farm...

FH: I think the army truck came and picked us up. I just don't, I think they -- must've took us to the dock. But it was a sad day. You had the dog, and the horses, and, you didn't know -- we just left it up to the Filipino mens to take care.

LH: Was it worrisome not knowing if you'd ever see the place again?

FH: You wonders, yeah. 'Cause we don't know how long we's gonna be there.

LH: And how did you feel about being pregnant and not knowing where your son, where your child would be born?

FH: Sad, worry more than anything else. We had to keep the family together, so, uh-huh.

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