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TI: So what, what year did you graduate from Broadway High School?

AA: 1939.

TI: Okay, 1939. And then, and then you mentioned earlier that you then went to University of Washington?

AA: Yes.

TI: And at this point, were your parents really supportive of you going to the university? Is that something they wanted you to do?

AA: Oh, yes. My dad always stressed the fact that in order for the Japanese to get (ahead), you had to be twice as good as the Caucasians. And he stressed education, and we really didn't have enough money to send us this... my sister went to university, but in order to make tuition, I had to go work on the farms during the summer. And he said, "Well, you can live at home and you can go out to the university," and that's how I was able to make it. And if it wasn't for the low tuition that was available, I would have never been able to get a good education.

TI: And so when you said you had to work at the farms during the summer to raise money, what farms did you work at? What kind of farms?

AA: I worked on a, on a vegetable farm over in Kingston, growing lettuce, peas and celery, things like that. Then another year I worked over in Woodinville, doing the same kind of work.

TI: And so during the summer months, you would just live out in the farm and work from morning to night.

AA: Yes.

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