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TI: Well, we just have like another minute or so on tape. Is there anything else that you want to mention or talk about for the record, before we finish?

RY: Well, I don't know, there isn't too much that I... except, but, finding out... oh. There, you know like, like they talk about kids going to Japan and getting educated and coming back, they all have a chip on their shoulder against their parents or their brothers and sisters; they all have. Well, my sister was that way. She had a chip on her shoulder, and my -- this always chokes me up -- is my mother told me that her daughter told her that she'd forgive her for sending her to -- and she found out why, sending her to Japan. That always gets me. She found out before she died, my mother found out before she died, told her before she passed away. And, I mean, it's, it's true for all the Kibeis. They were sent back there because the folks thought they were doing them a big favor by getting in, getting them educated a little better. They thought they would be getting a better education in Japan, but like when they come back, they all had a chip on their shoulder just like my, my sister did. Other than that, then I keep talking to people like you, and finding out that my dad did something pretty good, too. But I didn't believe my dad -- not that I didn't believe him -- is that he had a, he got a navy award during World War I, and you had a proof that he did have.

TI: I'm sorry, he got an award from the navy, for doing what? What was the award for?

RY: Well, he was, he had a restaurant at that time, in World War I, and my dad said he did get a commendation for having a nice restaurant for them. But, you know, as I figured, well, he was just talking because he was... well, I didn't blame him. [Laughs]

TI: So this was located in Spokane, the restaurant?

RY: Yeah, he had a restaurant in Spokane, but he never did keep it up, I don't know why.

TI: Oh, that's interesting. Yeah, I think both your parents worked so hard and did so much. And the same with you and your wife, when you look at your children. Well, so thank you so much for sharing all this information. It just, just blazed through these last two hours. Thank you.

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