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TI: You mentioned your brother so this might be a good time, let's talk about your siblings. I thought we would talk about them in order, so you had an older brother?

ES: Yes.

TI: And what was his name?

ES: Tatsuro.

TI: And do you know about when he was born?

ES: He was born June 8, 1916.

TI: Okay, so he's like two years older than you.

ES: Yes.

TI: 'Cause you were born 1918 in May. And then after you came?

ES: Kimi. Kimiko. And she was born on April 3, 1920.

TI: That's amazing that you can remember their birthdays after all these, all these years.

ES: I still do. I do.

TI: And after Kimiko?

ES: Kimiko, there was Kosaku, but he was given the name Ed by somebody, hakujin friend, I'm sure. Kosaku was a little bit too much for everybody. But he was born on the 2nd of October, 1922.

TI: It's like clockwork, every two years there's another one. And then after Kosako, or Ed, who was...

ES: Then Joe, Josaku. He was born on February 5, 1925. That's three years later.

TI: I'm amazed you can remember those, all those birthdays. I don't think... I can't remember my siblings', or all of them.

ES: Really? Well, it's...

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