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FK: You were only nine at that time, do you remember about the time the FBI came to the island to arrest --

SK: Who?

FK: When the FBI came to the island to arrest your dad, do you remember that day or how your family's reaction was at that day?

SK: I was home, I had just gotten home from school and I saw these big, two big black cars, shiny cars sitting in the driveway. So of course I was all excited wondering who was there. And I ran in the house and the first thing my mother said was, "Shh... don't say anything." And I said, "Why?" And she says, "The FBI are here." I said, "Oh." Well, they searched our house, they searched our 5 acres of farm, they searched the outhouse, they searched the strawberry shacks, everything, and of course, they didn't find anything. And then they asked, "Well, do you have any contraband?" And my, of course, my dad was being very honest and he said, "Well, I do have some dynamite, but I was, that was to be used for the farming," Well, they couldn't find it, and so they took him. But, and of course, that just devastated my brother, but he, but he took care of the family. It was, so we were very, I was very fortunate because I had the family to take care of me. I know some families where just the mother and the little kids were left. And but as I think back, I thought, "Gee, that must have been rough on the parents." But we had some wonderful friends on the island who immediately said, "Okay, we'll take care of your, your household goods," and they took care of our property. And so when the war was over, of course, we came back to our home. It was, it didn't look very good, but we, at least got our home back.

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