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AH: What about your kids?

JA: My son... I got two, one daughter, one son. Daughter's married to an aerospace scientist.

AH: What's your daughter's name?

JA: Christine, Chris. And my son, Phillip, he's got his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and he's teaching at UC and also at Pacific Institute of Psychology preparing these people for a doctoral.

AH: And do you see your kids a lot?

JA: I don't. I go down whenever I can. And usually, it's usually the Turkey Day. I go down, cook the turkey. So I go down for sure November and into December.

AH: How do your kids feel about your wartime activities?

JA: I told them when they were quite young, and I didn't want somebody else to tell them, so I told them just what I did, why I did. So both of my children, daughter, son, they knew exactly why I did it. And they could go, they could tell by my actions why I did it. I coached their basketball, I was their scoutmaster.

AH: Are your kids principled fighters like you are?

JA: My son is. My daughter is. Both of them, yeah, they go after things.

AH: They stand up for things?

JA: Oh yeah, they do.

AH: So when you see them you can sort of feel pretty tall, both you and your wife can?

JA: Yeah, right.

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