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MA: So you actually spent one year, so you did three years at Roosevelt, is that right, and then one year at Garfield?

SE: Yes. Let's see. At the freshman and sophomore year, I went to Roosevelt, and then we were living in town, so then, so my third year I went to Garfield, but I was homesick for my friends.

MA: Your friends from Roosevelt?

SE: Uh-huh. So I wanted to graduate with them.

MA: I see, so you went back to Roosevelt for your senior year, to finish your, your high school experience?

SE: [Nods]

MA: So you went to, you got two schools, experienced two schools. How different were Garfield and Roosevelt at that time? How did they differ?

SE: Well, to me, it didn't seem any different. You know, the people that I, my classmates and everything, I don't know, it seemed like... it could have been that maybe there was some discrimination, but I don't remember any. Of course, we ate lunch with some of the Japanese that were there at school.

MA: 'Cause, did Garfield have a bigger Japanese population?

SE: Oh, yes, uh-huh. In fact, when I went to Garfield, I went with my brother, my younger brother, 'cause he only went, went to Garfield.

MA: And then what year did you graduate from high school?

SE: '37.

MA: 1937.

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