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HH: So you were in Rohwer, Arkansas, and then from Rohwer, what did you do after that, from Rohwer?

HU: Well, I applied for leave, and then was delayed for about six months because apparently there was another person with the same name, and they had to investigate me further until I got finally released. I came out to Philadelphia in January of 1944. It was just at the same time that the Eastern Defense Command had opened up. The reason why I came to Philadelphia was because there were too many people going to Chicago and to Denver. I said, "Well, I'll just go east then." I looked it up in the encyclopedia, all these Boston, New York and all that, and I decided on Philadelphia because there was a lot of manufacturing there.

HH: What were the circumstances surrounding your marriage? Where did you meet your wife and when did you get married?

HU: Well, you know, there were a few Niseis had come here before me, before us, and there was a Nisei council there and they met at the International House on 645 North Fifteenth Street. And we had something going on every month. So that's where all the Niseis congregated, and we used to put out a, we used to go to Twelfth and Chestnut Street, upstairs using the typewriters, and we used to publish a newsletter there. And one night, you cut the stencils, and you write it off under mimeograph, and staple it and address it, and take it down to the post office and then go home. We used to do that whole thing in one night.

HH: So this is where, I'm assuming this is where you met your wife?

HU: That's right. Well, there was no other place where we could meet, you know.

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