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AH: So the war breaks out and on December 7th, you would have been probably twenty-one years old. Is that right?

JA: Uh-huh.

AH: Okay, so we leave you now here in your junior year in college, and twenty-one years of age and there's a big thing coming up that's going to not only change your life, but World War II transforms and continues to transform...

JA: And with the friends that I knew, one was Gifford Dolby. His father, I've got to show you, he's got a card, he was acting Consul General for Spain on behalf of Japanese. He was, more or less, kind of a counsel to me.

AH: This is going to be interesting since Spain was a neutral power and they represented the Issei.

JA: Yeah. And therefore, see, from there, to prove myself that I was an alien, I even applied for repatriation, okay, repatriate. If they accept me to repatriate, that means I'm an alien. Right? You expatriate. But I'll show you some documents that... I'll tell you how... that's the thing the government used to put me in jail, so that I won't become a witness.

AH: Well, you're an ideal interviewee because you foreshadow the next interview. So thanks a lot and we'll see you on Thursday, then.

JA: Okay, fine. Thank you very much.

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