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TI: So we're, we're going to start the second hour. And so where we finished up the first hour was when you were just finishing up UCLA. So I wanted to ask you, what was the graduation ceremony like for your class?

KK: Well, I think compared to the ones that the young folks have now, I think ours had more religious overtones. I think we sang "Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past," which is definitely religious. And can't remember the name of the other ones. But anyway, then... there's another one that the tune goes through my head, but I can't remember the name of the thing.

TI: Well, while you're thinking about that, how large was the graduating class when you graduated?

KK: I think it was a thousand.

TI: Wow, that's tiny compared to now.

KK: Now, yeah. But for that time, that was a large class. We graduated in Hollywood Bowl.

TI: And if you were to guess, of that thousand, how many were Japanese American students?

KK: I don't know how many. I can't remember any girls graduating in that class. I know there were several males, can't remember who they are.

TI: And when you think back to that class, do you remember any, like, notable, sort of classmates that were going to school the same time you were?

KK: I didn't know him, but the kids are always kidding because in the... what do you call that, alumni, with the great big book that they published, Lloyd Bridges was in that class.

TI: So the famous actor, Lloyd Bridges.

KK: Yeah.

TI: Who did...

KK: I didn't know him, so it didn't make any difference, but they're always kidding me about that.

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