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RM: So then I'm curious to know, were you in high school then when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and do you remember that day?

GO: That day was a Sunday, was on the farm, and then my sister was in the house doing cleanup, she listened to the radio, and then she came out to the farm where we were working and told us about it. That part I still remember. And I think my cousin from downtown, our cousin that lived downtown was visiting that time, so told them, so they went straight home.

RM: What did you think?

GO: Oh, I said... gee, I don't know what my thought was. I guess I was scared.

RM: What about your parents, did they ever say what they were thinking about what happened?

GO: We don't know what they were thinking about.

RM: So what were the next few months like in North Hollywood?

GO: Well, there was a curfew on. And I think before the curfew, my friends were dropping out one at a time with notes from home. So I told one of my friends, "Write me a note to get me out of school." So I got him to write me a note, and I took it in, and I got out.

RM: And the teachers didn't question it at all?

GO: No, because all the Japanese Americans were going out, going out of school. Yeah, I still remember that, and I told that to Dorothy and Dorothy started laughing.

RM: So were your teachers supportive of you after the attack on Pearl Harbor? Did you feel any kind of change?

GO: No, I didn't feel change. Because right after the war we were still going to school, and there was nothing... except for these people that's dropping out one at a time. So I said, boy, I got to go out, too.

RM: So why did people decide to start dropping out of school at that point?

GO: At that point I think the curfew came up. And then I don't think... and I think we got notice or something, certain time you got to clear out.

RM: What time did you have to be back to your house for curfew?

GO: I think it was ten o'clock.

RM: And did you face any restrictions on movement?

GO: No. Because like I said, when somebody says something, we do it.

RM: So everyone in your family went along with the curfew? What did you think about that when you were told that you have to be in your house at ten o'clock?

GO: Well, I don't think we ever went out at ten o'clock.

RM: You would have been in anyway.

GO: Yeah, we would have been in.

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