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MU: Well, now you came back, and... how many children did you have?

GK: I had three, all made in Japan.

MU: [Laughs] All made in Japan. Three.

GK: Three. My wife came in 1946. We got married in -- we weren't married at that time, rather, we were engaged before. I was going to come back and get married, but then I decided to stay in Japan, so I told her to come over. Then we had a little problem because we weren't married, so she had to get a job to go to Japan. So she had to, she had to wait for appointment, for a job in Japan, and then finally came over. She was assigned (to) Eighth Army Headquarters in Yokohama. So I was with the legal section, Eighth Army, so we got married in Yokohama. That was in 1946. (...) The first child was born in '48, and the second in '52, and the third in '56. And I came back in '74.

MU: Okay. So they're all grown up now, and have kids of their own.

GK: All grown up. They all went to the UW.

MU: Did they follow your footsteps, any of them follow your footsteps?

GK: No, none of them. (...) Their example was bad.

MU: Oh? [Laughs]

GK: So they decided to go every which way. [Laughs] My oldest one, daughter, became a teacher. And then the second one went into social service, first studied geography, but there was no job. So went into social studies and got a job in social area. And the third became a CPA, became a CPA. She was the one that went right through, knew exactly what she was going to do. And finished the CPA, accountant, and then went to special training as a CPA.

MU: Do they live around here? All of them?

GK: Yes, all of them in Washington. One of them, the oldest daughter is on Bainbridge, and the second one is in Renton, and the third one is in Puyallup. So they're all in...

MU: And then you have, let's see, five grandchildren?

GK: Five grandchildren. First two by first daughter, and the son is married but no children. And three by the third, or second daughter.

MU: How old is the youngest?

GK: Youngest is, just became three. And he's the one that I have to babysit, and... a lot of joy, but...

MU: A lot of work. [Laughs]

GK: Lot of work, too. [Laughs]

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