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RP: Did your parents return back to Seattle eventually?

SK: Yeah, they came back. They went to Chicago, lived with my, after they retired, they went to Chicago. My kids, the lower two kids went and graduated. They thought they're not gonna stay in Delavan, Wisconsin, anymore, so they went to Chicago and stayed with one of my sisters. And then they decided they want to go to Seattle, my dad wanted to go back to Seattle. That's where he lived most of his adult, major life.

RP: When they returned to Seattle, did they have difficulty finding work or housing? Or did you help them out with that?

SK: Well, housing was not too much, well, there was a little problem. But he was retired then. I mean, he was of age to retire. And he drew a little pension from the, I think he needed, he had enough years to get a pension from Great Northern. But then Great Northern collapsed anyway. I mean they quit. They became, it wasn't a company anymore. But it was no problem, because by then it wasn't hard to find housing for them. But right after the war, it was a very difficult thing for people in California especially. We heard horror stories about guys in uniform, can't even get a haircut. They couldn't get homes, rent homes.

RP: Yeah, actually the uniform was more of a liability than a help.

SK: Yeah, people, well, I guess there's always people like that. They'll never change their mind, no matter what you say.

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