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FK: So the Meadowmeer Golf Course was pretty much your property then, quite a bit of it was?

NK: Yeah. Well, yeah, I think quite a bit of it was, but there's some holes way south and west that belonged to Arnold Rayburn.

FK: So did you join afterwards?

NK: Pardon?

FK: Did you join the golf club?

NK: Yeah. Yeah, I played quite a few rounds on that course. It's still going pretty strong, I think.

FK: When you came back to the island, what was it like? Did people, when your family came back, did they, what was it like when you came back?

NK: Well, I don't know. They were friendly, people were friendly. We felt welcome.

FK: Now, I think your sister, Sa, was a reporter for the Review from camp, huh?

NK: I think so.

FK: So what did the people remember about the Bainbridge Review or the role that Walt Woodward played during that time?

NK: I don't know what you mean.

FK: When we were in camp, Sa used to give reports back from camp to the Review. And was there any general feeling among the people from the island about the Review and what Walt was trying to do or anything like that?

NK: Not that I know of. I know Walt was a good man, I thought.

FK: Did he do anything with the community when he found out the war was starting, or did he talk to any of the community or meet with any of the community or anything like that?

NK: I can't remember anything about that. There wasn't much he could do. He was a good man.

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FK: When you grew up on the island, I mean, you went from first grade all the way through high school, right?

NK: [Nods]

FK: What did you guys do for fun? What did you guys do when you were growing up?

NK: Well, we participated in sports. I don't know.

Off camera: Did you do any fishing?

NK: Pardon?

Off camera: Did you do any fishing?

NK: Yeah, we went fishing for perch and rock cod.

FK: Where would you go?

NK: Out to some of these docks. Once in a while we'd get on a boat, but mostly it was off of docks.

FK: So were there very many Japanese families living around you then when you were in Winslow?

NK: Yeah, there was... Sakais were our neighbors, Mikamis, Okazakis and Oyamas. There were quite a few families in Winslow. Then of course there was all over the island.

FK: Uh-huh. How would you get together? I mean, transportation couldn't have been that easy in those days. How would you get together?

NK: Well, there was... the older folks, our parents, would get together at the Japanese Hall in Winslow. They had quite a gathering there every once in a while. They'd have big picnics once a year at least.

FK: Do you ever remember going to Foster's or Stanley Park on Fletcher's Bay?

NK: Not much. But I guess they used to go there for dances. I don't remember much about those.

FK: So what did you kids do when you got together when you were, like, in grade school, Winslow grade school?

NK: Oh, play ball. Yeah, go up and get a game together.

FK: How did your team do in high school?

NK: Pardon?

FK: How did your team do in high school when you were quarterback?

NK: How did our team do?

FK: Yeah, when you were quarterback.

NK: Oh. That's right, I was a quarterback. Oh, I think we did all right. We lost some games and won some, though.

FK: What schools would you play?

NK: Gosh, I don't know. We played every week, though. I forgot the name of the schools. Silverdale, we'd go down to Bremerton. I forgot the names of those schools we played. But it was a full season of play.

FK: So what do you think about the memorial?

NK: The memorial?

FK: Yeah, that we're trying to do.

NK: Pardon?

FK: About the memorial we're trying to do at Eagledale. What do you think about that?

NK: Well, I don't know what it's going to be, so I don't know what to think about it. I don't know what it is. What are you thinking about?

FK: Well, we're going to build a memorial wall there.

NK: A memorial hall?

FK: A wall.

NK: Wall?

FK: With everybody's name on it was on the island at that time when we left.

NK: Where at?

FK: In Eagledale.

NK: In Eagledale?

FK: Yeah, where the dock was.

NK: Well, I guess it'll be all right. I don't know much about it.

FK: Okay. Is there anything else you'd like to tell us or say?

NK: No. I commend you for doing all this work. Gee, it's a lot of work for you.

FK: Oh, we're glad we could talk to you.

NK: I appreciate it, but boy, it takes a lot of your time.

FK: Well, thank you very much.

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