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EG: Is there anything else we ought to know, that people might some day wonder about, that you know now?

PT: Actually perhaps it was because of my age, but I do not feel any bitterness toward the United States government for what happened to us. Because I just feel that war does terrible things to the common people wherever they are, and we're not the only ones who suffered. You know, there were the Jews who suffered, there were the people in the combat zones, private citizens who were in the combat zones, in various parts of the world, the people who suffered the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They were the common people who suffered. And so, I just take it as an experience and feel grateful that we are alive to be able to talk about this experience and share it with others.

EG: I appreciate it very much that you shared it with me.

PT: Well, thank you very much.

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