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TI: Now during this time, did you, how much did you know about the Minnesota army language school, Camp Savage, Snelling? Did you know much about what was happening up there?

KY: Very little knowledge other than hearing about Camp Savage. Snelling to a degree, but I don't know if that came a little later that I learned about that. Savage I heard about, yeah.

TI: And so there was no sharing of, like, curriculum or lessons or anything like that, that they were pretty much kept separate, the two schools?

KY: There could have been, but I'm not sure. Could easily have been from basic stuff, whereas then you'd specialize, you'd get up and get more of this education maybe, dividing into the service army or navy. At the time, there was no Air Force. There could have been, but if you're in administrative staff, you probably know about these things. But it could have been, but I know of none.

TI: When I talk to some of the men who went through the army language school, part of their training was to learn sort of military specific language. And I'm wondering, in a similar way, did the Navy also do that in terms of maybe specific language that maybe a Naval officer might need? Do you recall any of that?

KY: I personally was not involved in teaching any of that. There could have been, very well could have been. I would assume that there would be, but I was not involved and did not get into it. I served on the administrative staff or if I had actually talked with a lot of the instructors, I probably would have learned. But I know of none. I assume that there would be, or there should be. [Laughs]

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