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TI: So, let's go back to your husband. Let's talk about the first time you met him. So when, when did you first meet?

FK: Well, he says he doesn't remember, but what happened was when I was working for Community Activities, director, this Mr. Hagiwara. Well, a bunch of boys used to come up there, you know, because they were helping with the Community Activities things in their own area. And so he used to introduce me to everybody, see. And then one day, I see this fellow, I was working, and I see this fellow sitting there, and I guess he came up for something or the other to do with community activities. And then all of a sudden Abe says, "Oh," and then he introduced me to Shig, you know. So I said, "Oh, hi," that was about it, then. [Laughs]

TI: So this was Shig Kaseguma?

FK: Yeah.

TI: And, so this was the first time you met him?

FK: Uh-huh.

TI: And then what happened? So he said, "Hi," and then what...?

FK: Well, then we'd go to dances, and he'd always cut in or something, you know. And then we started getting to know each other there. But the time that... then he, when he went to the University of Cincinnati, then he used to write to me, we used to write to each other, you know, on a friendly basis. But when he came back to camp before he went in the service, I guess, that's when, you know, it was a little bit more serious. [Laughs]

TI: And so at what point would you say that you were, the two of you were dating?

FK: Oh, that was the time, I think, after he came back.

TI: So he went, so he left camp and he was doing some work, or basic training? I mean, why did he leave camp?

FK: Well, he went to University of Cincinnati.

TI: Oh, okay.

FK: Yeah, for one year.

TI: For one year, and then he came back.

FK: He was, no, he was called, yeah.

TI: Oh, so he was, he was drafted.

FK: Yeah, drafted, so he came back to camp, and then went from camp.

TI: Okay. And he came back to camp to, to be with you?

FK: Well, see his family, too. You know, his mother and dad, everybody was there. But I, I was, then I was in Salt Lake, see. I was in camp for a little while, then I went to Salt Lake after, right after that.

TI: And so then he, from there, went into the service, and then I think he was, he went to, like, Minneapolis or Minnesota?

FK: Well, he went to Florida first for basic training, yeah. And then he was going to be shipped out to Europe, but the war ended. So then they shipped him to Camp Snelling, you know.

TI: Okay, okay, that makes sense.

FK: Then he went to Japan.

TI: And so during this time, you're just writing letters back and forth?

FK: Yeah, more or less, yeah.

TI: Okay. And so at that --

FK: Although I did see him in Chicago, when he had a time off.

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