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TI: Well, let's go to the December 7, 1941. What were you doing when Pearl Harbor was bombed?

TK: Oh, I was watching, we were living at the hotel down there at Seventh and Virginia. And I was watching the front desk. It was Sunday morning, so it was very, I mean nobody around or anything. It was eight o'clock Sunday morning over here. Then I was listening to the radio and then I couldn't believe it. They said they're bombing Pearl Harbor. So that was it that day. Then, far as I can remember, that was it, that morning.

TI: And as your, the tenants, or the customers would come in, did you talk with anyone about what was happening or what had happened in Hawaii?

TK: No, nobody said anything. But we didn't have a big lobby or anything at the hotel, so not many people were in the lobby. One guy peeked in the door and, "Dirty Jap," he said, that's all. But that's about it.

TI: So was this someone that you knew, or was this...

TK: No it was just a passerby, as far as I could, as I knew. Nobody in the hotel said anything.

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