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DG: So after the war ended so, what...

GF: After the war ended the first --

DG: What did you think when you heard about the bomb?

GF: Bomb? I was at, I was at Pacific Fruit working and they says, they told me, "Oh, the war is over. The big bomb. That's wonderful," you know. We thought... and I didn't think too much about the bomb or anything. I knew the war was over, that's... and everyone was clapping their hands celebrating that the war was over and they never called us any names or anything.

DG: You didn't worry about Japan and the devastation?

GF: No, I just don't recall how I felt at that time. My mind was, "Boy, I'm glad the war is over."

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