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TI: Okay. So what happens next? So you're selling, you sell off the fixtures, everything in the store, what happens next?

MH: Oh, and then we were allowed to store some things at the Baptist church, Japanese Baptist Church, so we stored sewing machine and other things. Had to sell the piano.

TI: Now, do you remember Reverend Andrews during this time?

MH: Oh yeah.

TI: And so what role did he play during this time period? Do you remember him saying anything to you or to your mother?

MH: No, I don't remember. I'm sure he did, to my mother. I don't remember.

TI: And when you say you stored things at the Japanese Baptist Church, how did that work? Where did you store it, and do you know what you stored?

MH: I know my mother talks about the sewing machine. They sold the piano. And I know she had a basket full of stuff that she stored there.

TI: What about the car? You guys had a car.

MH: Oh, yeah, we had to sell the car. But the saddest part was leaving the dog.

TI: Tell me about that. What kind of dog was it, how old?

MH: He was just a mutt, but his name was Mickey and we all loved him, but the people who bought the store said they would take him, take care of him. I heard he used to go up to the corner and wait for one of us to come along. Very sad.

TI: And who were the people who bought the store?

MH: I'm not sure. I really didn't pay much attention, until later and I got the FBI report or the naval intelligence report, and then my mother wrote her story.

TI: Well you were quite young. You were, what, thirteen years old?

MH: Yeah.

TI: Okay, so let's continue. So after the store is sold, people now have to leave Seattle, so where did you go?

MH: Puyallup Assembly Center.

TI: And where did they pick you up to go to Puyallup? Do you remember what corner you were...

MH: I don't remember. Yeah.

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