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MN: So when your father became sick with cancer, did he get treatment at the Japanese hospital?

TH: That I don't know.

MN: Did you understand what was going on with your father?

TH: Well, only thing I knew was that he was ill. After he got ill, I think he started working for the, as a car salesman. And I remember he, once he took me to, took me and my brother to Santa Monica.

MN: When did your father pass away?

TH: Around 1930 or '31.

MN: And how old was your father when he passed away?

TH: Forty-five.

MN: Where did your father have, where did you have your father's funeral?

TH: Well, I think it's Buddhist church nearby, 'cause I still remember the smell of the incense.

MN: Were there a lot of people from the Fukuoka Kenjinkai there?

TH: Yeah, there were a lot of people.

MN: So do you remember anything else other than the smell of incense at the funeral?

TH: No, nothing much.

MN: Now, after your father passed away, what did your mother decide to do?

TH: Well, there wasn't much she could do. Well, she has to find the work, and only thing she could think of was to work as a live-in maid in a hakujin's family. So that's when she decided to send me and my brother to Japan.

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