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MN: But wait a minute, don't go there yet. Tell us, when did you get into the army and when did you come out?

CH: I went there 1946 to 1949. One more year extension. Extension was, Korean War was June 30. May 30 or June 30 Korean War started, 1950. Yeah.

MN: So you were honorably discharged, and then what did you do after that?

CH: Well, honorable discharge, but you know, I was in a stockade causing trouble in that... go Monterey, Monterey, all my friend were Hawaii guys. Same personality, they liked to drink and they liked to cause trouble. We got in a big trouble downtown, we beat up all the hakujin guys over there. So the Captain McDonald, our CO, that guy, came to bail us out in the jail. [Laughs] Then in the morning, roll call, all us guys, one company, how many guys? There were two hundred... I forgot. Lot of guys, anyway. You know what he said? "Those dumb guys," I bailed 'em out. Got all the kind of different trouble, you know, "I want you to respect the civilian everything." But I tell you one thing, you know what he said, the captain? "In wartime, I'd rather have you guys than anybody else." [Laughs] He said that. Gee, when he said that, goddamn, quite a thing for the captain to... oh, he said that, man. Yeah. We never thought he'd do that thing.

MN: The tears coming out.

CH: Yeah.

MN: So, okay, so you got released out of the stockade, then you went to Chicago?

CH: Uh-huh.

MN: Then did you go to Chicago after that?

CH: After I got discharged? Yeah, they gave me, must have paid for 175 dollar. Instead of going Chicago, it's cheaper to come to L.A. So I came down to L.A.

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