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KK: And then I was drafted because that's when the Korean thing was starting to come up.

AI: What was your reaction when you got your draft notice?

KK: Well, the funny part of it is that I thought maybe they would find out about Tule Lake and all that so I says, "Wow, they gonna make it rough on me or something when they draft me." So I, from the beginning I told them that I had this record, that I was in Tule Lake and my family was no/no and all that stuff, and they laughed at me. They said that has nothing to do with this.

AI: And so then you went into the service.

KK: Yeah, I was drafted. Stayed in for a year and a half 'cause they let the draftees out in a year and a half if you stayed in the active reserve. So I said okay, I'll do that. And when I went out, I started to go back to school again and the Korean thing started so they activated the... so I went right back in and so I was in there during the Korean thing.

AI: So ironically after being no-no, then turn around, the government wants you, and you become a vet.

KK: Yeah.

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