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Title: Terry Aratani - Fred Matsumura - Kenneth Okuma - Henry Bruno Yamada Interview
Narrators: Terry Aratani - Fred Matsumura - Kenneth Okuma - Henry Bruno Yamada
Interviewers: Matt Emery (primary), Tom Ikeda (secondary)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Date: July 3, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-aterry_g-01-0016

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TA: I think many, many of us, when we take a leave and go in town, I think was looking for food more than anything else, trying to look for spaghetti. In fact, I remember many times that we used to go to families. They was actually -- they didn't have any stores, restaurants, or anything, but the family used to offer to sell us some of the spaghetti and things like that.

HY: Fish and rice.

TA: Yeah. So that's what we were looking most of the time. Looking for food -- eggs and rice.

TI: What were some of the fond memories when you guys think back to Europe? I mean, were there any fond memories?

HY: I think the best memories we had was in the Riviera, Nice. Oh, we had a lot of fun over there. Lot of rest, entertainment. I think really build the morale up there.

FM: Topless girls on the beach.

HY: Huh?

TA: Topless girl...

FM: Yeah, on the beach.

HY: Yeah.

TI. Did they have topless girls back then?

FM: Semi-topless.

KO: Yeah, they had topless.

TI: But that must have been a --

HY: We used to go dancing a lot.

FM: Yeah.

ME: Were you a pretty good dancer, too, Bruno?

HY: Huh?

ME: Pretty good dancer?

TA: He still is.

ME: Still is?

TA: Still taking lesson.

HY: Yeah, never learn.

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