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HH: All right, and when were you born and what is your present age?

BO: When was I born? I was born in Santa Maria, California, and my present age is seventy-seven.

HH: What are your parents' names?

BO: What is my parents' name? My father's name was Kunzo Ohama, and my mother's name was Hanako Aoyama.

HH: Later on you'll have a chance to fill out the genealogy form, so we'll try and reconstruct as much of your family tree as possible, but you don't have to do that at this time. How many children were in the family, males and females, in your family, and at what point did you fall? Were you the oldest, the middle, the youngest?

BO: How many children did we have and where did I fall? We had five children and I was the fourth. You want the order?

HH: It's fine. Will you describe the town or city in which you grew up?

BO: The city and town where I grew up was Sanger, California, and it was a rural farming area.

HH: And what kind of activities did your family have at that time?

BO: What kind of activities did my family have? At the time of evacuation we were farmers. We had a 40-acre vineyard.

HH: Vineyard meaning you grew grapes?

BO: Grapes.

HH: What kind of schools did you attend in Sanger?

BO: I attended -- pardon me. What kind of schools did I attend in Sanger? I attended an elementary school and Sanger High School.

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