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RP: And speaking of which, how was the food in the Block 11 mess hall?

TM: Oh, not bad. It was all Isseis cooking and I didn't, I didn't think nothing of it too much. Because as far as food, I'm not too concerned. My father, my father worked at Block 12 and my mother worked at Block 11 and my sister worked at Block 11 as a dietician.

RP: Chizu?

TM: Yeah.

RP: In the mess hall?

TM: Uh-huh.

RP: I think most of them had a dietician or somebody like that.

TM: Yeah.

RP: And your father worked in the mess hall in Block 12?

TM: Uh-huh.

RP: As a cook or a...

TM: Yeah.

RP: He was a cook?

TM: Uh-huh.

RP: And your mom worked as a... what did she do?

TM: Well, just like a waitress, I guess.

RP: Waitress. Your brother was going to school. Mike was still going to school?

TM: Yeah. And then my other brother Itsei, he was supposed to go to school. I guess he had another year to go but he didn't go to school.

RP: He kept going out with you.

TM: Yeah. Uh-huh. So he, he didn't go back to school.

RP: He never finished school?

TM: No. No, he didn't finish high school.

RP: Did he go out with you on the fruit picking trip, too?

TM: Every trip, yeah. Every trip, yeah.

RP: Well, it seems like you spent more time outside of camp than inside of camp.

TM: Oh, I don't think so. [Laughs]

RP: We'll have to add up the months and see.

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