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MA: So I wanted to ask you a little bit about, about the redress for the World War II internment in the '80s and how you felt about the government issuing an apology and redress money for their wrongdoing.

KB: Okay, I think, you know, it came late. I think we had tried to put all this behind us, and it was nice to get it, but to me, it was too late, you know. We had, as I said, tried to forget that part of our life, and we had gone on to a successful other life, and it was okay. I think it was okay, in fact, it was maybe a necessary thing, but it was too late. They should have -- well, they should never have done it in the first place, the evacuation -- but we enjoyed getting it.

MA: But you felt like maybe it was bringing up these issues when you had worked hard to kind of forget them, is that what you were saying?

KB: Forget them, right. It was also not as meaningful at that point in my life than it would have been earlier when we were still struggling with this, being evacuated.

MA: Right.

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