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CU: And I got ready for Japanese school. Okay. Japanese school consisted of going to school from four to six, two hours. At which time I came home, I had dinner, then I went to martial arts school by seven. And from seven 'til eleven, I studied that. That's five days a week, okay. At which time I came home, showered, went to bed. I got up at two o'clock, and by two-thirty, I was delivering newspapers. On Saturdays, I went to, helped my brother-in-law to do gardening work. Sundays I worked at a service station. So actual play time, in my growing years, there was nothing until I went into the camps, then there was just total inactivity. Which is why I got involved in... well, you know, hustling up talent shows. They said I couldn't teach the martial arts in camp. They allowed sumo, but nothing like... well, they started to allow judo too, but kendo was a no-no. That's samurai stuff, you know, ancient Japan. That was a no-no.

Q: You know, the guards there, did you ever talk to the guards?

CU: Yeah, eventually the guards got friendly, they got to know you. And you talk to them, they were completely relaxed.

Q: What did they think of the situation, did they ever talk about that?

CU: No, no. Most of the MPs that were guarding those camps, later on, I found out were kind of misfits, you know. For one physical defect of any kind, instead of being in the regular army, they were assigned as guards, you know, for these concentration camps.

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