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TI: Let's talk about you... okay, so after the trial of the seven dwarves -- this was 1951, and then 1954, about 1954, you went back for more training or to teach -- I guess, to teach?

SK: At staff and faculty, right.

TI: In Maryland?

SK: Right.

TI: And then you were there for, you said, about what -- two-and-a-half years? Three...

SK: Three-and-a-half years.

TI: ...three-and-a-half years.

SK: Yes. Something like that, yes.

TI: What was it -- what was that like? Was there anything interesting coming back, again, to the states?

SK: No, because I was assigned to the counterintelligence department of the Army Intelligence School. And I had some instructors working under me. And it was very pleasant. And then I was assigned to be the liaison officer. And that would be, well, I'm talking now about -- well, you're talking about little earlier period?

TI: Oh...

SK: 19...

TI: ...1954 to 1957?

SK: ...'54 to '57. No. That would be a little early because I, I started going on liaison after I came back on my second tour to the school. So it was, it wasn't too... there wasn't -- I can't think of any unusual events.

TI: Let me go back to this: why did you go, why did you leave Tokyo to come to the States?

SK: Oh, because my tour was over, and I was being reassigned. And I was being reassigned back to the Army Intelligence School.

TI: And, so that's a pretty normal army thing, to...

SK: Yeah. Because when I'm not overseas, I'm with a school to, to share my background and experiences with the students, I suppose.

TI: And what rank were you during this period?

SK: I was [Pauses] major. Captain and major, I guess. Yes, I think I was a senior captain. And then I went through the officer's advanced course for officers, senior officers. And then three, about three-and-a-half years later, I'm back in Tokyo. And I reclaimed the job that I had before I left Tokyo.

TI: Now how does that come about? Did...?

SK: The man who had replaced me was ready to go. And...

TI: And so they were looking for somebody...

SK: I, I just came back, and...

TI: ...and you came back.

SK: ...and here I come back again, see? So it's a natural, fortunate transaction there. This time, I'm back in Tokyo roughly six years, before I go back once again to the staff and faculty of the Army Intelligence School.

TI: And you're there for how many years at the -- now the -- back at the Army Intelligence School?

SK: This time I'm back there until December '66.

TI: Okay.

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