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MU: Now, you had that Italian lady -- was a neighbor of yours -- and she had taught you how to make spaghetti.
HW: [Laughs]
MU: Then you taught your mother how to make spaghetti. What happened to them? Were they rounded up, too?
HW: No.
MU: Any other Italian American families rounded up?
HW: None that we know of. Uh-huh.
MU: We were at war with not only Japan, but Germany and Italy. But nothing happened to the Italian Americans, as far as you know.
HW: No, not that I know of. 'Course, they've been there a long time too, you know. But, none, none of the people that we knew who were affected -- you know, were Italians or Germans, that I can recall, were affected by it. Whatever little effect that there was.
MU: Okay.
HW: There were a lot of Armenians, too, but they weren't involved in the war, I guess, so... [Laughs]
MU: Oh yeah, a lot of...
HW: Yeah. Had a lot of Armenian friends, 'cause it was grape country, where we grew up -- grape.
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