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TI: Okay. Well, so I'm pretty much done, but I want to just ask one last question in terms of, is there anything else you'd like to say? This is, when we're finished we'll give you a copy of this tape.

FK: Oh, dear. [Laughs]

TI: And so it's something that you and your husband and your family will see. Is there anything else that you'd like to, to finish off with? Last thoughts or perspectives?

FK: Well, you know, they talk a lot about this evacuation and how we were just segregated and all this. There are, some people are very, they're very, still had hard feelings about it. But I don't feel that way. It just happened and we just have to go on with our lives. And I, I don't hold it against anyone, the government, the times are, then and times and now are different, too, and I don't hold any grudge against it. I know some people have very definite feelings about that. And I like to know, I'd like to mention, too, to my grandchildren and my kids, you know, how the Isseis had survived, and it would be nice if they would find out more about them and then apply it to themselves and the children, too.

TI: Well, I think part of this interview, you've talked about the Isseis and what they did.

FK: Yeah, that's true

TI: And so I think this will be one way for them to find out. One last question, we're here for the reunion of Minidoka, and that was, like, sixty-five years ago, and there are over two hundred people here. What do you think it is that, that makes people want to come back after all these years to something like a camp reunion? What was it, what was it about Minidoka that you think is special?

FK: Well, I think a lot, to me, a lot of it has to do with the friendships that you created with, with the people in camp, and also what we went through together, and that will always be with us, and it's kind of nice to come back and be with the people. And a lot of 'em are gone now, which is sad, too, but so I think, like, this may be the last one, but at least we're still here, and be able to converse and enjoy ourselves together. That means a lot.

TI: Yeah, it does. So that's, that's a good way to end this interview. Thank you so much for taking the time. This was really a good interview, and I really appreciate it.

FK: Well, thank you.

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