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RP: You were talking about pledging loyalty to Japan or... I think that was the "loyalty questionnaire."

FH: Yeah, that was the "loyalty question."

RP: It came a little later after the riot.

FH: Did it come after the riot?

RP: Yes. It was in February of '43.

FH: Oh, I don't know. See now, being young, maybe those things passed... it, I can't remember what had happened exactly, but...

RP: You remember having to answer that questionnaire?

FH: Yeah, I do.

RP: And do you remember whether, whether... was there discussions or...

FH: I don't know if there was discussion. You mean...

RP: In your family, about...

FH: Yeah, in our family.

RP: Did your parents express -- well, what did they express? Did they have any feelings one way or the other about, about the questions and...

FH: Gosh, I don't, I don't remember, but I had my mind made up. I said why would I pledge for another country which I don't, I don't even know? That was my feeling. And I thought, this is my country. This... and if they do me in, I guess they do me in, but I didn't know what would be over there. But of course, maybe my thinking was very shallow. I don't know. Maybe I should have given it more thought. No, I... no, what I did was right, in my... now I feel.

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