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MN: And you shared this earlier, but I'm gonna ask you again, who officiated at your wedding?

KK: Dr. --

AK: Reverend.

KK: Reverend Nicholson.

AK: Nicholson.

KK: He used to come into Manzanar camp every now and then.

AK: Yeah, we asked, he was really, whatever we wanted, we asked him and the next time he'll bring it for me.

KK: Yeah, Reverend Nicholson and Dr. Emerson were two of the nicest person you can find on this earth. They were both Quakers. I think Reverend Nicholson was a Quaker too. But I had never heard of a Quaker until, during the war. They were such nice people, and they helped a lot of people, not just us but other people too.

MN: Did your sister Mary sing at your wedding?

KK: Yeah.

AK: Did she?

KK: You don't remember?

AK: I was in a daze, I guess.

KK: [Laughs] He was in a daze.

AK: Yeah.

MN: Do you remember what Mary sang?

KK: What did she sing? "Ave Maria."

AK: "Ave Maria."

MN: Anything else about your wedding that you remember, that you would like to share with us?

KK: I don't know I got through it. [Laughs] It was like I was in a daze.

MN: Were you nervous?

KK: Huh?

MN: Were you nervous?

KK: Yeah. I was nervous. And I haven't been to too many weddings.

AK: Well, even if, even if her parents are opposed, I didn't care. I'll marry her anyway. [Laughs]

MN: Well, it's a good thing her parents didn't oppose it. Were your parents able to come to the wedding?

AK: Yeah. They lived right next to, almost a block away from where the Quakers had their home, right down the street. And our, my, our future home was right, two doors away on the corner, so it was easy.

MN: Want to add anything else? [To GK] Want to ask your parents something?

GK: Yeah, where, did you have your wedding at the Porters' house? Was it at the Porters' house?

AK: Yeah.

GK: Mr. and Mrs. Porter, were they, are they Quakers, or were they?

KK: No, the Porters are not Quakers.

GK: Okay, I was just, I didn't know.

KK: But she knew a lot of Quaker people, 'cause she knew the Emersons, she knew Nicholson well. But they weren't Quakers. Mr. Porter was a lawyer, an established lawyer, and so was his son, who became mayor of South Pasadena later on.

MN: I think the, the painting behind is done by Mrs. Porter's sister?

KK: Yeah, that's one of the paintings that I inherited from her. I have no place to hang it, so I just don't hang it. [Laughs] I think I had it over there [Points] and somebody took it down.

MN: Anything else you want to add?

KK: No.

AK: I can't think of anything else.

MN: Thank you very much.

KK: You're welcome.

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