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MA: And how long were in you in Fresno?

EY: I think just a short time, about two years.

MA: Two years in Fresno. And then you moved to San Jose.

EY: Uh-huh, raised strawberry.

MA: Did you work for a company or did you...

EY: We worked for Driscoll.

MA: Driscoll?

EY: Uh-huh.

MA: And were you sharecropping, same?

EY: Uh-huh. And then somehow we had a chance to come home to Watsonville, and raised strawberry here.

MA: And how long were you in the San Jose area?

EY: About two, two-and-a-half years, I guess.

MA: And were most of the sharecroppers, especially in San Jose at that time, Japanese?

EY: Uh-huh, yes. Lot of 'em. Between San Jose and Gilroy, there were a lot of 'em.

MA: And all people who had come out of camp and settled there?

EY: Mostly, uh-huh.

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