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BY: So let's talk a little bit about your mother, then. What was her full name?

DY: Katherine Yamamoto.

BY: And when and where was she born?

DY: Fife.

BY: In Fife? Okay. And do you know what year?

DY: 1916, I think. Best guess.

BY: So she was a little younger than your father.

DY: Right.

BY: And so how did they meet?

DY: On a farm.

BY: So your father was working on your mother's family farm in Fife?

DY: Right.

BY: I see, all right. And then you said that after he finished his degree, he came back to Seattle to marry your mother?

DY: Right.

BY: So when was that?

DY: I don't know.

BY: [Laughs] Okay, that's all right. But so they got married and then they moved to Washington, D.C. And then what did your father do in Washington, D.C.?

DY: He worked as a draftsman for a steel company.

BY: Okay, and how about your mother?

DY: She worked as a housewife.

BY: All right. And did you have any brothers and sisters?

DY: Three sisters.

BY: Okay, and can you tell me what their names were and when they were born?

DY: Gail is the oldest one and she was born in 1942, I guess. And my second sister is Eleanor, it was 1948, and Mary was born in 19... wait a minute, getting mixed up. 1946, 1948, my second, third sister Mary was born in 1948.

BY: Okay. So you and your older sister were born during the war, and your other two sisters were born after the war, then.

DY: Right.

BY: Okay.

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