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TI: Oh, so you came back in 1940, you were about twenty years old at that point?

GH: About twenty-two, yeah.

TI: Okay, and then you, and all you needed to do to graduated from a United States high school was one year's worth of studies.

GH: Yeah.

TI: And what classes did you have to take in, at Kent High School?

GH: All I took was history, English, I took typing and accounting. Those were some of the subjects I took, yeah.

TI: And how was the adjustment for you to go to a U.S. high school after living in Japan for...

GH: Well, it was quite an adjustment, yes.

TI: So do you recall any incidences or examples that showed how difficult it was or what it was like?

GH: I somehow managed to get by. [Laughs]

TI: Now, were you able in class to pretty much follow what the teacher was saying? Was your English good enough to understand everything that was going on?

GH: Well, I think I did have some problems, there was no question about that.

TI: And during that year while you were going to high school, what else did you do? Did you have to work at the farm, did you...

GH: Yeah, I helped on the farm, yes. As a matter of fact, I used to take orders for, like Safeway and some other stores, and we would make deliveries, yeah.

TI: Did you find that your Japanese skills helped with dealing with other Japanese families in the valley?

GH: Well, actually, I spent one year and I was in the army.

TI: Okay.

GH: So I didn't have much association with the others.

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