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Title: Mutsu Homma Interview
Narrator: Mutsu Homma
Interviewers: Dee Goto (primary), Becky Fukuda (secondary)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: August 27, 1997
Densho ID: denshovh-hmutsu-01-0050

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DG: Let's kind of go back and fill in some of the things that we talked about when you did the survey. For instance, one of the questions is if the worst years of your life was number one and the best years of the life were number seven, where would you put the camp years?

MH: Camp was?

DG: Uh-huh.

MH: You mean...

DG: Do you remember the survey and the numbers about how if the worst years of your life were number one...

MH: Of course, my husband passed away so really hard.

DG: Times.

MH: Uh-huh. For me and then I was too young and not much experience so... but I had a lot of things and new things. One minister's wife ask me to do it, one service. So I could sing soprano and she said she will sing alto. And then that night she passed away. And then Sunday morning I went there. "She died last night so you have to sing a solo." That particular music I didn't know very well. And then I was kind of, didn't know what to do. And I could hear that somebody singing, beautiful voice, so I followed somebody singing. I think a angel. That kind of experience I have. Funny things. And then what number was, I don't remember.

DG: And this is in Amache.

MH: Amache.

DG: In the camp, right. And so what are the most negative and positive parts of the camp that you -- well, you already said the negative parts, but what would you say are the positive parts of camp that you can remember?

MH: What kind you want to hear? [Laughs]

DG: Well, is there any parts of it that you think were helpful to you in any way or... for instance, some people say that the friendships...

MH: Yes. A lot of people very kind. Some of the people very against it, but I think most people same boat.

DG: Right.

MH: So...

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