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MA: So, let's talk about the day that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Do you remember that day and hearing the news?

GF: I heard the news, but we never thought too much about it. We went to work and done whatever we can and then the, the news kinda get, got worse and worse. And then our parents said, "The United States was bombed by Japan." And they didn't say a whole lot about it except trying to... what do you call it? To get rid of all the, the Japanese stuff that she had. But, we didn't have to do that because the state, or the county, they come and kinda confiscated all that or we had to take 'em in. So all of our firearms, swords that we had, we had to take 'em to the courthouse.

MA: So all the Japanese families in Ault had to go down...

GF: Right. And they had to turn all their stuff in.

MA: Was there any... did you feel any negative things or discrimination from the white folks in Ault after Pearl Harbor?

GF: I don't believe there was too many discrimination. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, I felt no discrimination. Maybe because I left home too early, before all this war really got serious or whatever. Because I had no, had no problems. I don't think my brothers or rest of the family had any problem.

MA: So it was just that one time, you remember, of taking your, all of your --

GF: Oh, yeah.

MA: -- firearms in, into the authorities.

GF: My folks had to take it in. Yeah. Most of the Japanese had to at that time.

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