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AH: Your mother was born in Hawaii, and which part of Hawaii was she born in?

WY: She was born in Maui.

AH: In Maui?

WY: Yeah.

AH: In the area where you were brought up?

WY: Right, right.

AH: And you're actually a half Sansei as well as a half Nisei, then, aren't you?

WY: Right. They call us a Nisei-han, I guess. Two-and-a-half generation maybe.

AH: And did you ever meet her parents?

WY: Oh, yes, because my mother's parents, they're living with us. So, I got, I got to know them real well.

AH: What do you know about their life and lifestyles that you could tell us about?

WY: My mother's side?

AH: Yes.

WY: Well, my, well... my grandma and grandpa, they, they worked in a cane field also. And he was a guy that was very strict, you know, just like a rude Japanese from Japan, you know, and hard-headed. But we really respected him because he, when he said something, it goes. You can't tell him do things, do this or do that, because he don't take for any... he gets mad, when he gets mad, get away, don't stay close to him. [Laughs]

AH: And what about his wife?

WY: Well, my grandma was really nice. You know, she really took care of us. I remember when I came to Honolulu, play football here, she used to watch, listen on radio the football games that I used to play here in Honolulu. And she didn't know anything about football, but she would call all the neighbors and they would listen and right around, they'd be around the radio, and they would listen. And every time they'd mention my name and then they'd think that I did something good. So they're yelling for me. They didn't know anything about football. [Laughs]

AH: But they were supportive of the family.

WY: Yeah.

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