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AI: Well, gosh, you have told us so many things about your life and all the things that you've gone through from the time you were a kid, through the war years and afterwards, and going to the service, coming back. You got your citizenship, moved to California, and then went through all these legal battles which you're still continuing now. When you're looking back on it and you think about people who are young now, does anything come to mind, some thoughts that you'd like to share with people or things that you wish young people would think about or keep in mind or work on, lessons that you'd like to pass on to the younger generations?

AS: [Pauses] You just have to fight for the, for whatever you believe in. And the government are not always right. They make mistakes. So, you know, you have to try and correct that. Like in our case, they still, we still get deny, although, although we're right. I think we're right, trying to fight it.

AI: Is there anything else that we haven't talked about that you wanted to bring up, anything at all that you'd like to mention, or that you'd like to comment on?

AS: I don't think so.

AI: Well, thanks very much, Art, for sharing all this with us. We really appreciate it.

AS: Thank you for...

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