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HH: Today is Saturday, August 27th, time now is three thirty-five, and we are in Medford Leas. What is your full name?

GI: My full name is George Kazuo Ikeda.

HH: What is your wife's name?

GI: My wife's name is Janet Sonoko Yamamoto.

HH: How many siblings do you have, and where they live and how old are they?

GI: All right. I have four younger siblings. Their ages are Tsugio, who lives in Montana, is sixty-nine years old. Mitsuo, who lives in Florida, is sixty-seven years old. Hideo lives in Montana, Billings, Montana, is fifty-seven years old, and Kengo, who lives in Marlton New Jersey, is fifty-five years old.

HH: How many children do you have?

GI: I have four children, two boys and two girls.

HH: How old are they?

GI: How old are my children? The oldest daughter is forty years old. The second child is a boy, Bruce, and he is thirty-five years old. My third child, a girl, who lives in O'Fallon, Illinois, is thirty-three years old. And my youngest, Douglas, lives in Macungie, Pennsylvania, is thirty years old.

HH: Macungie, Pennsylvania?

GI: Yes, Macungie, Pennsylvania.

HH: What kind of education did your children receive and what are they doing today?

GI: My oldest went to Muhlenberg College, majored in Political Science and got a master's in political public service. And she is working for the General Accounting Office in Washington D.C. My second child, my son, also went to Muhlenberg College. He was a history major, but he is now a business manager for IBM, and he lives in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. My third child, Jane, went to Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, became a medical doctor and is a pediatrician in O'Fallon, Illinois. And my youngest went to Penn State Business Administration, and he is a marketing manager for the [inaudible] division of Johnson & Johnson.

HH: At this point, how many grandchildren do you have?

GI: How many grandchildren do you have? I have five grandsons. [Laughs]

HH: How old are they?

GI: Well, they range in age from Brian who is six, then Casey, who is three, then Eric, who will be three in October. Then there's Danny, who will be two in March of next year,  and the youngest is Jamie, who was born a week before Christmas, so he is eight months old now.

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