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Title: Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi Interview
Narrator: Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi
Interviewer: Virginia Yamada
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: February 5, 2019
Densho ID: ddr-densho-1000-459-14

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VY: Well, how about you? Where did you go to school and what kind of work did you do after school?

BK: Well, I went to USC and I was in office management. So I worked for Union Oil for a year and then I started working for Lucky Stores which became, I guess Kroger owned them, and that's where I retired from.

VY: When you were going to USC, are there any strong memories you have of that time, like your interactions with other students or with your teachers, friends?

BK: Yeah. Well, most of my friends were in teaching. And then my husband, I met him and he was going to City College, but then he had some GI Bill, so he came to USC and then he went into teaching, but then I went into accounting, and so I was in the accounting department at the Lucky Stores. And (...) we went to football games because we were into sports. And so we're still going to football games and basketball games.

VY: Did you or your brother have any children?

BK: My brother did but we didn't. So my brother has a boy and a girl, but they're in their fifties now, and they have kids, so we have grand nieces and nephews.

VY: And you stay in touch?

BK: Yes. In fact, my nieces, the oldest daughter of my niece is second year at University of Connecticut, because her dad went to Connecticut. And the others are still in high school.

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