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SY: So how did you feel having not been in camp and most of the people I imagine you socialize with were in camp?

MK: Lots of times I regretted not going to camp, 'cause sounds like they had a really good time at times. 'Cause when you're sixteen seventeen they had all these camp dances and meet all the other kids your age, things like that. And just have to get up in the morning, no responsibility really. But then other times I'm glad I didn't go to camp, I got a small taste of it when I did go back.

SY: I would imagine that the groups that formed in camp, the social people who became friends then were still friends after camp, was that difficult for you to be among... I mean, did you have trouble?

MK: No, because I go to these Amache reunions, I wasn't in camp but, he was in Amache so they had Amache reunions. I went to a couple of those and I had a great time 'cause I knew most of the people by then anyway. So those reunions are wonderful things for them to do but I don't think they still don't talk about what happened there either, just happy to see one another.

SY: It's just a reunion kind of thing. But even though you weren't there it doesn't make you feel uncomfortable or you enjoy it?

MK: Yeah.

SY: And the people that were your closest friends when you relocated here in the Crenshaw area, they were all people who were in camp?

MK: Yeah, I'm sure most of them were in camp.

SY: But never talked about it.

MK: Not very much, no.

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