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BF: And do you remember what that day was like when you...

CK: That was a Sunday and I, I remember going to the drug store and I heard the newspaper boys. In those days, when something broke, the newsboys would go out calling, "Extra, Extra." And then people would come out and buy it. And so they were, I would hear the newsboys and so when I got back home, I said, "Something's happening. We should turn on the radio." And so we turned on the radio and then President Roosevelt was announcing the Day of Infamy. And the thing that stands out on that day was to realize, in looking at my father, his whole demeanor changed. He was just crushed. And I guess I didn't realize what it meant to us to have the United States and Japan at war. It just didn't sink in, that that was going to reflect on us. And so, but when I saw him and he said something to the effect that this is, this is disastrous, then it began to sink in. This is not going to be a very happy time for us.

BF: So he knew right away there'd be repercussions.

CK: Oh yeah. In fact, I think through the newspapers and the news, the Isseis were aware that war was approaching and so they were fearful of that. It wasn't a shock. It's something they did fear all along.

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