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MN: And your group became known as the "Fort McClellan Disciplinary Barrack Boys."

TN: Yeah.

MN: And you call yourselves the DB Boys. You said Mr. Nozawa wrote a letter to Washington, D.C.?

TN: Yes, I remember. He wrote the letter to Washington, D.C., Kataoka, DB Boy, he's the one carries the mail. Three-day pass, and get out of post, you know, then mailed it out. So he went to Washington. That's all he said.

MN: What was in the letter?

TN: I think he complained about Fort Riley incident. You saw the picture, machine gun with the motor pool.

MN: That's when President Roosevelt came to Fort Riley, and they had to, under guard, go into a hangar and wait until President Roosevelt left? You're talking about that, Fort Riley incident? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? The Fort Riley incident was when President Roosevelt came to Fort Riley?

TN: Yes, yes.

MN: And all the Nisei soldiers had to go into a hangar under guard and stay there until President Roosevelt left?

TN: Yes. Long hours, they say.

MN: So Mr. Nozawa, a DB Boy, complained about that incident.

TN: Yes, that's the main, too, but a lot of people, like Mr. Murata and those people, have a family suffered, and [inaudible] and all that. So lot of people have physically complained, financially complained, all kind of combination.

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