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MA: Did you have a job in camp?

GM: Yeah, I had, I worked as a swamper on a truck, and that got me more involved with the older guys. And that was, I worked on...

MA: You mean the older Nisei, or...

GM: Uh-huh. They were all the truck drivers. Worked on Haribo, Haribo's crew, which is Harry Yanagimachi, big guy, tough guy, no nonsense kind of guy. And I worked with Grant Beppu on his truck most of the time. And most of the jobs were going to work, loading up the truck, taking it to all the mess halls, dumping off their stuff they need and then coming back and unloading it or unloading the train, or sometime going to town, to Twin Falls. And bring home fish, frozen fish or food, and basically, that was the job. But it was one of the better jobs, I'd say.

MA: You mean, one of the better jobs that you could have in camp?

GM: Well, not the best job, but one of the better jobs as far as having fun and everything.

MA: What was the best job that, kind of, people wanted to do?

GM: Well, the best job probably was administration, for women, like, working as a secretary and things like that.

MA: How did people get those jobs, those administration jobs?

GM: Well, like any government job, it was who you know, I think. So before the war, a lot of these guys were well-known in the community, they actually got the best jobs, I think.

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