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Twin Cities JACL Collection
Title: Isao East Oshima Interview
Narrator: Isao East Oshima
Interviewer: Megan Asaka
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
Date: June 17, 2009
Densho ID: denshovh-oisao-01-0002

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MA: And how many children were in your family?

IO: I had three brothers and three sisters. Well, there were four brothers and three sisters. One brother died after a couple weeks. I don't remember it too much.

MA: So there were seven of you that lived to --

IO: And I'm the oldest.

MA: You're the oldest, okay. And what is the difference in years between you and the youngest sibling?

IO: Well, let's see. My youngest is a brother, and he's about sixty-nine and I'm eighty-eight, so... [laughs]

MA: So whatever that is. [Laughs] Nineteen years?

IO: Yeah, uh-huh.

MA: Wow. So okay, so there were seven of you, four boys and three girls.

IO: But the one died right away, within two weeks (...) --

MA: Oh, okay, so there were six of you.

IO: So basically three brothers and three sisters.

MA: Three boys, three girls. And you were the oldest.

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