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TI: One last question before we end this. So you're here for the Minidoka Reunion.

LH: Yes.

TI: Why do you come to these? What is it about a reunion of an event that happened sixty-five years ago that makes you want to come back?

LH: Well, I joked about it, I didn't attend the first one they had in the mid-'80s. I, the one they had in '91 here, that Hank Matsubu and Edna Hirabayashi organized, and I was the only speaker, if I recall. I said, "I'm here to see all my old girlfriends that rejected me, so I ended up marrying a haole." I love seeing all my old girlfriends, and Reiko Miura was my favorite, and if Joe Asahara ever sees this, you already know it. And you know, Naoko Anzai and some of the other girls I used to dance with and date and liked a lot. And just to see the guys and gals that I knew in high school, and to speak honestly, if you're in good health and you've done fairly well in life, well, you want to see your old friends. If you failed and you're in a wheelchair, maybe you don't want to attend. I think there's that aspect of it as well that we all have to be candid about.

TI: Well, good. Well, thank you so much, Lucius. I mean, you have been candid, this was an excellent interview, and I really enjoyed this.

LH: I appreciate it very much.

TI: Thank you very much.

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