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MN: Now your parents came to Terminal Island and had five children. You're the second oldest.

JM: Right.

MN: You have an older sister, one younger brother, and two younger sisters. Is that correct?

JM: Right.

MN: Now, were the children all born on San Pedro or on Terminal Island?

JM: I'm pretty sure it was Terminal Island.

MN: And were they most likely delivered by sanbasan?

JM: I'm sure.

MN: And what year were you born?

JM: 1927.

MN: And what is your birth name?

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JM: Katsuyuki Marumoto.

MN: When did you get the name John?

JM: I put it on because it's hard for people to say Katsuyuki Marumoto, so I put the name John.

MN: About what, how old were you when you got John?

JM: I was working Standard Battery company (in East L.A.)

MN: Oh, this is after the war?

JM: Right.

MN: So until then you were Katsuyuki?

JM: Yes.

MN: How did you pick the name John?

JM: Oh, this, somebody suggested that I put John, so I used that.

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