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SY: And did you stay in touch with, with Hugh Anderson after the hearings?
EN: Yes. He'd come to see us or call us every year somehow.
SY: And his family as well?
EN: Yes, his family. Yes, he had a wonderful family of young children; they're all grown up now. They're all married. But I've lost touch with them recently.
SY: They stayed, his family, he stayed a Quaker throughout his life?
EN: Yes, he did.
SY: But you're not sure about his family, whether they carried on.
EN: Right.
SY: But you had a, there was a program at the Japanese American National Museum where you spoke about being helped by the Quakers.
EN: That might have been the forum, democracy, forum on democracy or something.
SY: So was this after he passed away?
EN: I believe he passed away several years before that, yes.
SY: Before that. So you were able to talk about that whole experience again.
EN: I was glad to do something for him 'cause there hasn't been too much publicity about that group that helped us so much.
SY: And were there others there who talked about being helped by him?
EN: No. I don't think they knew about him.
SY: Really? So you really, he really took a special...
EN: Yeah, definitely. We really wanted to preserve his memory.
SY: But the fact that he, you were sort of handpicked by him to, to help.
EN: Yes.
SY: I mean, I'm sure there must have been others that he assisted in a more general way.
EN: I'm sure. Yes, definitely.
SY: But he never took in any other Japanese?
EN: I'm the only one who stayed with his family during that period.
SY: Yeah, so he was obviously close, there was a reason that he chose, again, that he chose you.
EN: Possibly. [Laughs]
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