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DG: So do you, do you have some memories starting...

FN: Yeah, well see by that time when they moved to Burlington I was about six years old and I had, several memories of that, that were quite interesting because that was I think during the World War, the first World War.

DG: Oh, okay.

FN: Yeah, during the first World War. And so I can remember 'cause we were really good friends with a German family and (Yoshi) used to have a real good friend. They used to be together all the time. But the Germans at that time, they felt a little discrimination, people were, calling them. I, I don't remember what they called them in those days, but they had a word that, it wasn't too pleasant. And, so I can always remember that. And then also, I remember that during that time we were on the farm that they, that they had that bad German flu and so many of the neighbors passed away. At that time it was really a bad flu and so many neighbors passed away. And...

DG: What, were there very many, any other Japanese Americans or Japanese. Well it would be Japanese at that time?

FN: Well, I, I don't recall. There, there weren't too many.

DG: So mostly you had hakujin friends, white friends.

FN: Well yeah. And, and, and the neighbors were, were quite friendly too, that, that. They, I don't remember other Japanese.

DG: So, so growing up in your family...

FN: Well we, and then we, we moved into Burlington and that was where I went to school from the 1st grade through 6th grade. And there was, there were no Japanese there going to school, so... but some way, we, we all got along. I can still remember my 1st grade teacher's name and that's the only teacher I remember. It's odd. [Laughs]

DG: Who was that?

FN: Ms., Ms. Allen, her name was Ms. Allen. And she was, to me she seemed like an older person, but I, I can imagine she wasn't very old.

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