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BH: What school did you attend in Nahcotta?

AK: It's Nahcotta grade school.

BH: And then for high school?

AK: Ilwaco High School.

BH: That was probably a little ways, wasn't it?

AK: About fourteen miles.

BH: So how did you get to school?

AK: School bus.

BH: What was a typical day like for you getting up, going to school, coming home. Did you have any chores at home?

AK: Well, I just had to help take care of the home. I didn't do any outside work. There was no outside work to do.

BH: What were typical meals like? Did your mom fix Japanese food?

AK: I think we had more Japanese food, though we did... we invited American friend over, and we had a hard time trying to cook American food because we weren't used to it. Yeah, those were the days.

BH: Tell me about some of the activities you were in in high school.

AK: Well, they had such thing as pep club, we had that. And we had the Honors Society. I didn't go in much for sports, though I did go to see basketball games and football games.

BH: Was that part of the pep club?

AK: Yeah. And I used to drive the car and take my friends to different games. I remember doing that. That's a long time ago. [Laughs]

BH: Did you ever have opportunities to attend Japanese school?

AK: No. No school at all.

BH: So when you first went to school, did you speak any English? When you went to grade school, did you speak English?

AK: Yeah, I spoke mostly English. I didn't speak Japanese, that's what was wrong.

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