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Title: George Fugami Interview
Narrator: George Fugami
Interviewer: Dee Goto
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: June 15, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-fgeorge-01-0027

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DG: Then in Portland -- you were in Portland?

GF: I was in Portland, yes.

DG: And so you were working at that grocery store.

GF: Yes, uh-huh.

DG: And was there a curfew or anything?

GF: Yes, there was a -- we couldn't go out. We had a... at first there wasn't so I went back. As soon as the war started, I thought about my parents, so I went back to Gresham. I told Mr. Ogura, I says, "I'm going to go back to Gresham." He says, "No, that's okay, George, because business is slow down, but come down on Saturdays and help us out in case we need you." So I went home. I stayed home and I helped my folks out. We knew we couldn't do too much now. They were talking about evacuation and all that stuff so I thought well, I'll stay with my parents. And so we had to get rid of everything that we have. We had a good German friend that took over our farm for us and he says, "Well, whatever you make we'll give you fifty." Never got the money though, but that's all right. I left my car there and everything so... then I used to go -- there was a curfew, but I don't know how it affected -- because I went to work for Mr. Ogura on Saturdays. Nobody stopped me. There must have been a curfew, but I knew there was a curfew.

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