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JS: So you met your husband Hi?

KI: Hi, yes.

JS: And so tell us about that. How did you meet your husband?

KI: Well, my cousin married a mechanic. Shizue-san married a mechanic. And so I used to go see my cousin, and they had a repairing cars thing. And Hi would have his car from the Clovis -- he was a Clovis boy -- bring his car and get it fixed. And that's how I met him, sort of. And then, in those days, they used to have skating parties. So that's where I became more closer to him, you know. He would pick me up, we'd go skating. In those days, that was the fun thing to do.

JS: So what did you think of him when you first met him?

KI: Oh, I liked him and my dad liked him. He said, you know, when it rains and the farmers can't work out in the field? My dad used to say, " Hi ga kuru yo." "He's gonna come and see you." And so he didn't, he didn't reject to my courtship. And so I married him.

JS: So you would go roller skating, what else would you do when you dated?

KI: Oh, we took dance lessons, you know, the waltz and all the different steps. And we used to go to Riverland Kingsburg and dance over there, have dinner and dance and go home. We did fun things.

JS: So when did you get married?

KI: I don't know.

JS: You don't remember? But it was right before the war?

KI: I was married before camp.

JS: Before camp, couple years?

KI: Yeah. So that's all I remember, but I don't know the year.

JS: You don't know the year.

KI: But I got married with a Japanese pastor. We went to him and said, "Could you marry us?" And he did. And don't ask me what the pastor's name was anymore, it's too long ago.

JS: Did you get married because of the evacuation? I mean, did that prompt things so you would stay together?

KI: Yeah.

JS: Do you remember that?

KI: Uh-huh, otherwise we'd be separated.

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