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DG: So now your parents stayed in camp, but they were moved to...

RM: Minidoka.

DG: Minidoka because you were...

RM: Yeah, because they put all the, what they call the disloyal ones in Tule Lake, I think. So and then they moved the others in other camps.

DG: So there was no question on your father's part that it was yes/yes, right?

RM: Uh-huh.

DG: And yourself too?

RM: Uh-huh.

DG: And then you went to Chicago. Then what did you do there?

RM: In Chicago I was a accountant for a toy factory, and then I volunteered, but I didn't pass my physical because I had a bad case of ulcers by that time.

DG: Well, that's sure indicative of how you were taking all of this.

RM: Yeah. So let's see, where was I [Inaudible]?

DG: So you were rejected as far as the army was concerned.

RM: Yeah, I was rejected. I was deferred in other words, but they [Inaudible] to call me back.

DG: And then you went to work for...

RM: Glowlight Toy Factory.

DG: For all the time you were in Chicago?

RM: No, for a while. Then I didn't pass my physical and then I went into some kind of defense work. I forget what it was.

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