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AL: So what do you remember of December 7, 1941?

SK: December 7th, I remember I was standing in the living room by the radio and listening to all the reports of what happened at Pearl Harbor. And that was very scary. And, to me, I was only eight years old. And then of course the family got very concerned about it. And then, but we kept on doing whatever we had to do.

AL: Do you remember anything about your parents' reactions? What they said or did at the time?

SK: No, I don't. I know they were very concerned that... I was too young to really understand the whole picture.

AL: Did anybody, do you recall and comments or actions from people, either adults or other kids, towards you or about you and your family?

SK: When, before we left the island, the people were very, very nice to us. We never had any real problems with the people because we grew up with all of our neighbors, our Caucasian neighbors and so forth and they, and we did our, we did our own thing. But I had some very, very good friends living up the street from us. And we used to, we used to play a lot together.

AL: Do you remember their names?

SK: One was, the one that was closest to was Drisella Pratt. And I think her sister still lives on the island. Her, the rest of the family is gone, I think.

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