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PW: During the war, your brother-in-law and the Yamamoto family were in internment camp. What, what did you do for them during the war?

KW: During war?

PW: Yes.

KW: Yeah, we tried to, tried to come Saskatoon. We looking down house for them, then, then what? They says they go to camp or something, so they did not come Saskatoon.

PW: So did you offer to sponsor them to come to Saskatoon after the war?

KW: I think, I think we did.

PW: But he didn't want to come?

KW: No. Well, they went to camp, I think.

PW: I see.

KW: Yeah, I think so.

PW: Can you tell me about some of parcels you sent to them during, during the war?

KW: Oh, yeah.

PW: And what you sent them?

KW: Huh?

PW: What you sent them?

KW: Oh, mostly clothes, and something eat, I don't know. I forgot what sent to them.

PW: And did you send parcels to Japan during the war and after the war?

KW: Oh, yeah. My sister and brother, so we sent them quite a bit, yeah.

PW: And what did your family, your brother do during, during the war? Was he in the war at all?

KW: Well, my place is a small farm, farm place. I don't think not much suffer, but sometime wear stuff-na ano hard dakara tabi tabi bulausu toka ka hommamono okkuta to omoteru. Wasurete shimmata.

PW: She said that she, she sent clothing and some foodstuff to her brother and her sister during the war because of the limited supplies over there. And then after the war, did you go and visit your relatives or your brothers in Japan?

KW: Yeah, I did. Now, how... I can't remember what year.

PW: But you went several times?

KW: Yes, how many times? Three times went to Japan.

PW: And I understand your sister is how old and living now in Japan?

KW: Now? Three year older than me, so ninety-five?

PW: Ninety-five, you told me.

KW: Something like that, in a month? I'm what?

PW: Ninety-two.

KW: Ninety-two? So three year different, so ninety-five. Yeah. [Laughs]

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