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AI: And what name were you given when you were born, your name at birth?

MN: I was born in May, so it was easy; it was May. And then Yoneko, I don't know where they got that.

AI: And you were not the first child, though.

MN: I was the second. Henry was the first, and then I came second.

AI: And Henry was born in 1921?

MN: Uh-huh.

AI: You were born in 1922, and then you had two more sisters?

MN: Two sisters, Carol and Anne.

AI: And Carol was born in 1924, is that right? And Anne in 1926.

MN: Carol's middle name is Tokuko, and that means, "To" is "ten," and "ku" is "nine," and she was born October 9th. [Laughs] So that's how they come up with her middle name.

AI: And that's easy to remember.

MN: Uh-huh, and Anne was born in the spring, so "Haru" is "spring," so that's how they came about her name, but I don't know how they came about my name.

AI: Well, and tell me now about your very earliest years.

MN: How early?

AI: As early as you can remember. The very earliest you can remember.

MN: I can't remember much about my early days.

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