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DG: In general, what, how do you think the whole evacuation affected your life?

MH: Was very hard with that evacuation, but without evacuation, those people who came to buy the things, doesn't know anything about war or other country people. Scared to live there. So evacuation is a good, I think, because nighttime bring something in our yard. Scare us.

DG: So it was more comfortable to be away from that?

MH: I think so, especially West Los Angeles near the Santa Monica. And then this is Santa Monica, Japanese ship came. I saw those people talking about it real liar. I don't know. Then people...

DG: Oh, that's what you mean by the stories that you heard.

MH: Uh-huh. All kind of rumors are going around that time.

DG: How were you able to be so strong and come through all of this?

MH: I wasn't strong.

DG: But you're such a capable person and...

MH: I'm not. I'm not.

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