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know. Well yeah.

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Shortly after I went to visit my parents
with Harry. I came back to headquarters

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and I saw that. Being from
another theater which means

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China Burma theater there was
no chance to get any kind of

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promotion in the service and I couldn't
see myself sticking around in the service

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at that time. I served two years
overseas and no promotion no nothing. So

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when I saw this sign saying that. Those
who are attached to the address for the

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last six months and not been promoted
signed your name here was that automatic we

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put me out of any kind of promotion.
And I really didn't see any hope of

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civilian job or anything else there so I
didn't want to stick around and you know

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serve in the military and no longer.
So I decided to go home. So I got home

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shortly before Christmas.
And so I decided to.

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Visit my hometown. And also
to check to see who are stood

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for

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a high school diploma. So I went to this
high school called here Omar. Which is

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in the. Rural area and
so I went to the school

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and I happened to be in the hallway.
The principal was tied up on

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a phone conversation of some kind. So I was
just observing what was in that hallway

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and I saw this on

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a rail and they call it an honor roll. And
I happened to look at it and I saw all

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these names of my friends that were you
know nine Japanese names were up there and

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so now I know Nikkei names are
up there and suddenly this.

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All coach I used to have in school and also
the current vice principal happened to

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come by and he immediately noticed that I
was looking at this thing. So he trying

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to pull me away. I think it sort of
embarrassed him because here I was in

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a uniform. Showing that I was
discharged and I don't know

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what he thought but right away he tried
to take me aside and try to change the

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subject and that's sort of he had me off
so I told him that he you know my brother

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was in the service Johnnies in the service
he saw was in the service and I don't

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see their name and he didn't know what to
say you know I think he felt embarrassed

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he didn't know what to say or do.
But really upset me. You know I

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didn't think the school would be that way
but that's the way it was. You know and

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they are. Yeah. No no no that's

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a Central Cal. South of
Stockton you know more

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a little town in you know
more. In fact your best

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is north and west of Fresno
is north about seventy miles.

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But anyway. We have our dear friend
over there. These are the people that I

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used to live with as a
schoolboy and about a year and

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a half ago we were talking you know us.
So I said Bet I never told you this but

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I want you to know that I ran across this
situation were you know I went in the

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name once and down there and she was shocked
she didn't know that there was such

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a thing happening and she was

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a school grammar school teacher you know.

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I don't know I never

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checked back or anything else but I'm
sure it was very embarrassing. You know.