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LD: Remembering back at that time, what was your reaction to the FBI coming and picking him up? Were you there actually when it happened?

HS: Oh, yes, we were all there.

LD: Could you describe the...

HS: Well, we knew that they had picked up other men. In fact, they picked other men up on December 7th. And so it was just a matter of when. And here it was end of February?

LD: February.

HS: And they were just getting around to picking Dad up, and it was kind of funny. But they came to the house, they didn't tell you, they don't tell you they're coming to pick him up, they just go through the house with a fine-tooth comb. He had a desk, and they went through all the drawers and picked things out and took them. And I think they took pictures out of my album. And then when they were about ready to go, then they told Dad, "Come with us."

LD: What did you think?

MM: I was frightened. Angry, and I think I cried. Because my dad was, he was so loving, and he was gentle, and he never raised a hand against me, ever. And I remember whenever I'd be ill or anything, he would always be there and he'd look after me. And he was so supportive all the time, he taught me how to knit and all that. He was the best dad I ever had. And I love him and I didn't want him to go.

HS: Of course, we didn't know where they were taking him, they wouldn't tell us. And we tried, put together things to send with him, but it's kind of hard to do it when you're under stress like that. And we didn't know when we'd ever see him again, that's the thing that really bothered us. Didn't know where he was going and how long he was going to be gone. There were a hundred and one questions we wanted to ask him, you know, but we just couldn't do it.

KK: And I just remember we were getting letters from various... it seemed like every time we'd get a letter, it had a different address on it. So they moved him around a lot. We didn't know what was going on.

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