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DG: Where were you living?

MH: With the father.

DG: And he was living...

MH: Garden Grove. And then he had a church, Garden Grove Pomona, two places, Japanese people. After that, six months later, I went to USC.

DG: I wanted to kind of paint the picture of when you came and why you came and what you saw and so I want to stay a little bit with that part. If you could tell me some more about why you came.

MH: Well, my father's idea, whole family live in America while he wanted help on Japanese in America. So, and then Baptist mission wanted my father so came.

DG: But he was here already. How much...

MH: One year before.

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DG: Okay, we were talking briefly about when you came to the United States, and so think about when you came and what did you see, what did you think of the United States? Was it...

MH: So different. First I couldn't speak so I didn't know what to do, and then American people saw me and, "This girl is different." That's what they said because most of the Japanese came from that time, servant, work for the farm and work for the orchard and everything, working. Laborers.

DG: Well, how do you think you were different?

MH: I don't know. Because first I went to the American house from front door, and then they are surprised and look at me and then I didn't know why. Later said that all the Japanese people come from kitchen door.

DG: Oh.

MH: None came from front door. And then I thought I'm a guest so I didn't take, after the drink of coffee, take the cup to kitchen. I left there. Everything so different.

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