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TI: And so we're now in Colorado, so what happens, or how long do you stay there before...

FK: Well, that was in April of '43. So my younger sister and I had to go to school, so I went to school in Brighton. And in the meanwhile, my older sister and mom were in Denver looking for a house for us to stay in. Because during the summer, we could stay in this... every farmer uses seasonal workers in that area. And there was a, usually small cottage about this size with an outhouse, and water outside. And the hired hands would stay there, they were just sleeping quarters, and they would be there, I guess, for the harvest time or whatever. And so we were taking up space. In the meanwhile, during the daytime, we'd go work at Mr. and Mrs. Koga's (farm), wherever the place was. We had to weed this crop of vegetables, and I said, "I'm never going to marry a farmer. I don't want to do this the rest of my life." And every day we had to go weed with... you couldn't see the horizon where the end of the row was, it was so far away. But anyhow, that was my try at working our way out of camp. Once is enough.

TI: And during all this time, we talked about your father's correspondence. Did he write very many letters to the family during this time?

MN: No, he was writing to my mother.

TI: And did your mother ever share kind of what they were talking about? Were these in Japanese?

MN: Uh-huh, I think so. We knew that he was okay, but nothing, no asides.

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