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MN: So after a year that you got the farm started, you went out of camp and you had a, got a job in Beltsville, Virginia. Do you remember what you did there?

JI: It was the horticulture project.

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MN: Now, from... you were in Beltsville, Virginia, when we last left, and you were working for the government on an experimental agricultural work. Then you volunteer for the Military Intelligence Service.

JI: MIS, yeah.

MN: Where did you do your basic training?

JI: Well, we had military exercises, and then... let's see. In MIS... gosh, what did we do? When you're in the army, you just follow what they tell you to do.

Off camera: You went to learn Japanese.

JI: Well, I was supposed, they taught us military Japanese. We tried to improve our vocabulary so that, of course, we also took the regular army exercises.

MN: And this was at Camp Savage?

JI: Yeah.

MN: And then you went to Camp Snelling?

JI: Camp Savage, Minnesota.

MN: And then you went to Camp Snelling? Camp Snelling?

JI: Camp Snelling? Yeah. That's where I spent most of the time.

MN: When did you and Toshi get married? When did you and Toshi get married?

JI: Well, '45, July. Was it July 14th, is it? Well, anyways, when we both had time, we got together and got married. Came to Los Angeles when we got married. So it's a long time ago. [Laughs]

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