1 00:00:00,00 --> 00:00:03,00 Well tell me I want to go back back up 2 00:00:03,00 --> 00:00:09,38 a little bit after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. There were the F.B.I. 3 00:00:09,38 --> 00:00:14,36 Came and I understand were arrested are picked up 4 00:00:14,36 --> 00:00:20,50 a number of that you say man who are especially men who were very prominent and and 5 00:00:20,50 --> 00:00:25,27 the Japanese American communities. Yes I wonder what happened with your family what 6 00:00:25,28 --> 00:00:30,68 you heard about and how that affected you. Well I knew my 7 00:00:32,79 --> 00:00:38,58 father knew you know I had heard reports about some of the same men being picked up 8 00:00:40,04 --> 00:00:42,02 . And that reports of F.B.I. 9 00:00:42,02 --> 00:00:46,92 Coming to search the homes and so I remember one day 10 00:00:49,04 --> 00:00:55,89 my father and my oldest brother must have been my grandfather to. We're turning 11 00:00:55,90 --> 00:01:02,43 the house upside down looking for farmers in those days to get rid of the stumps 12 00:01:02,43 --> 00:01:05,71 of trees and they would use half 13 00:01:05,72 --> 00:01:12,03 a stick of dynamite or something to blow to blow it up. And so my father 14 00:01:12,03 --> 00:01:15,19 thought he had maybe half 15 00:01:15,19 --> 00:01:20,44 a stick of dynamite somewhere in the house so he was searching the House led by the 16 00:01:21,14 --> 00:01:24,66 soldier siblings were just you know turning the house upside on the can find 17 00:01:24,66 --> 00:01:30,91 anything and I remember coming home from school and then my 18 00:01:31,66 --> 00:01:33,80 my parents saying that the F.B.I. 19 00:01:33,80 --> 00:01:39,63 Had come in you know and searched and they didn't buy anything but our neighbors. 20 00:01:39,66 --> 00:01:45,51 Mr Nice Shimon all was. I don't know what they found in his barn. You know 21 00:01:45,51 --> 00:01:49,54 something that I don't know what it was but something that you've probably 22 00:01:49,54 --> 00:01:56,03 forgotten and they founded in the arrested him and he was taken to jail immediately 23 00:01:56,03 --> 00:02:02,59 . And he was separated from his family for I'm not sure how long I eventually they 24 00:02:02,59 --> 00:02:08,96 were reunited in one of the camps but I know that 25 00:02:09,97 --> 00:02:13,68 when they said that their parents will come search your house or my grandfather he 26 00:02:13,68 --> 00:02:19,43 says well we've got to get rid of everything Japanese right. And so 27 00:02:20,74 --> 00:02:22,73 he he built 28 00:02:22,73 --> 00:02:29,70 a fire. Outside of our house in and you know during girls day and boys 29 00:02:29,70 --> 00:02:34,74 they they have the look I hear now my city where they have the Japanese dolls and 30 00:02:34,74 --> 00:02:41,59 on display and that and he was burning all those in all that you know the Japanese 31 00:02:41,59 --> 00:02:47,33 in we have Japanese dolls and all the things that came with that anything Japanese 32 00:02:48,04 --> 00:02:53,15 he was putting into the fire records. You know like record recordings of we have 33 00:02:53,15 --> 00:03:00,10 a Victrola in any you know children's Japanese songs and so he was burning it. And 34 00:03:00,10 --> 00:03:06,32 I just stood there and I describe because I'd see the Olsen golf. That we used to 35 00:03:06,32 --> 00:03:12,62 display and how I said I said why why do you do this and 36 00:03:13,50 --> 00:03:19,73 he said he has two and I was. My anger was directed to my grandfather and still 37 00:03:20,73 --> 00:03:23,24 the but I'll never forget that 38 00:03:28,32 --> 00:03:32,80 . On us. It's like 39 00:03:35,67 --> 00:03:40,70 . So really it sounds like your grandfather got rid of everything that was 40 00:03:42,29 --> 00:03:49,06 Japanese related. That but you know when I think about it in two leak. We used to 41 00:03:49,06 --> 00:03:49,59 have 42 00:03:51,77 --> 00:03:58,49 a born old Audi. And I don't know where we got the Japanese dresses that we head 43 00:03:58,49 --> 00:04:05,27 in her River and. They dressed just up and then joined in then so they didn't 44 00:04:06,03 --> 00:04:12,97 destroy the head. I wonder if maybe your mother or. Maybe had something away that I 45 00:04:12,97 --> 00:04:17,66 I don't know how they got it because I don't know if they even put it in our 46 00:04:17,66 --> 00:04:24,40 suitcase when we left but we did have came almost to dance in 47 00:04:26,50 --> 00:04:27,11 one mystery.