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AI: So, we're continuing our interview with Betty Morita Shibayama. And Betty, before the break you were telling about Tule Lake and that you were, your family moved, were moved to Tule Lake -- from Tule Lake to Minidoka. And then in Minidoka, you were there from about, you were thinking late summer or early fall of 1943. And a lot of things happened to your family while you were in Minidoka. One thing that you had mentioned earlier was that your brother, Paul, was drafted. So, I'm wondering, what, as a young kid, what was your understanding of that, what was happening?

BS: I, well, I didn't think anything of it because there were other families whose sons went, were drafted, too. And, but he, I don't know what point he was drafted because from Minidoka I knew he went out to work, too, help out on the farms and that. So I don't know when that occurred.

AI: So, at some point before he was drafted, he went out on work leave.

BS: Uh-huh.

AI: And a lot of people were allowed to do that. And then at some point he was drafted.

BS: Uh-huh.

AI: And, do you recall anything, your parents talking about that or any of your other siblings discussing that?

BS: No, I don't, I don't remember.

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