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DG: So on that note, I'm going to also, I'd like to hear more about what life was like for you before the war, and so maybe we could start off with what sort of things you did for fun, before the war, before you had to leave.

KN: Oh, before the war. Well, we lived on the farm so we didn't have much time for fun. When you have a big farm, we all go out and work and then... we work -- well, we go to school and then we work after school and summers and spring vacation, whatever, we help out on the farm. And the only day off we have is Sundays, from the farm. However, there's lots to do: washing, ironing, cleaning house and all this kind of a thing that we all did, we all shared in, to help Mom. Because it was hard, she couldn't do everything herself. So, and then for fun -- well, we did have get-togethers. We had Boys Club, Girls Club, so we had gatherings and we had parties, dances, and it worked out fine. So we weren't really deprived, and we went to movies at the Lynwood Center

DG: Where did most of these social gatherings occur?

KN: Mostly at the Japanese Hall. The Boys' Club or the Girls' Club, parties or whatever, and then they have a basketball hoop there, so everything happened at the Japanese Hall, this great big hall. Everything took place there, funerals, weddings, whatever.

DG: And this was all the Japanese community...

KN: Yes, yes, right. And when the Japanese movies came, everybody piled in their cars. And even if you understood it or not, you went with the family.

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