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KP: Were you gonna show us something else?

GU: Pardon?

KP: Were you gonna show us something else?

GU: Yeah. This is the rest of my family, siblings. All the... let's see, eight children from... this is Mary Kino, this is Ruby, Elmer, this is Ruth, and Sumi and May, and I think this is David or Daniel. Must be David and Daniel, David or...

KP: David's on the end. I can see the cheat sheet over there in the corner.

GU: Oh. [Laughs] Yeah, I wrote the, made this out so that anybody else after me can see who they are.

RP: Great picture, thank you.

GU: But my father had a real good photographer friend, and he took many, many pictures.

RP: What was his name?

GU: Kuroko

RP: Kuroko? Last name?

GU: Yeah.

LU: K-U-R-O-K-O, Kuroko.

GU: Yeah, and I think when we left Florin in evacuation, I think we just destroyed all those pictures, many of them.

LU: Yeah, like I said, we used to have those annual picnics, Mr. Kuroko, he would take those picture every year.

RP: That's so important to document stuff, those events. History of a community. You guys were a pretty tight-knit community.

GU: Yeah. I've heard of some smart kids, when they're taking pictures like this, he would stand at the very front of the picture where the group, where the picture would start, camera would start, and as the camera moved over, he would go hide behind the people standing there and stand over here and have his picture taken again, on the same picture. [Laughs]

RP: Well, do you have any other stories or memories that you would like to share with us before we conclude our interview?

LU: Pardon?

RP: Any other stories or memories that you'd like to add to our interview before we conclude it?

GU: Have you seen our family picture that was taken in Manzanar? You know, I've always been amazed, thinking back, how the parents were able to have everybody, all the boys, in suits. I could never imagine them ever to do that. Had everybody in suits.

RP: You were there.

GU: Yeah. And Mary Kino was there for that.

RP: Oh, she was back --

GU: She was in the camp at that time.

LU: I think that's the reason they had the picture taken.

GU: Could be. And also, it was right after Elmer got married. I think that's why everything fit together.

RP: Everybody's in suits, so let's take a picture.

LU: Yeah, I guess that photographer was, he had everything in perspective to have the mountain in the background and all that.

RP: Nice picture.

GU: Yeah, it's a beautiful picture.

RP: Well, thanks to both of you for sharing your stories with us. On behalf myself and Kirk and the National Park Service, we really appreciate it.

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