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DG: So anyway we've talked about your present situation, but let's then go back and build up to now by talking about your father.

RM: Uh-huh.

DG: And maybe we can kind of cover his immigration story.

RM: Yeah.

DG: He was born where?

RM: He was born in Hiroshima, Japan. I forgot what...

DG: 1884? Is that what you said?

RM: I think, yeah. I had it in that. 1884. I think you're right.

DG: And what was his background?

RM: What did he do?

DG: Yeah, his family.

RM: Oh, his family? I don't know too much about his family.

DG: Were they farmers?

RM: I don't know whether they were farmers. I didn't look back into that.

DG: But you do know that his brother, his older brother...

RM: He was the mayor, yeah...

DG: Right, of the...

RM: ...of Hiroshima City.

DG: The village?

RM: Yeah, village.

DG: It's probably not the Hiroshima itself.

RM: No.

DG: But it was the outskirts,

RM: Village, yeah

DG: ...in a little village on the outskirts.

RM: I think it was a little village called Hiroshima, sure.

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