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OHI E&G Aguayo 3-12-85 sS:63 regimental clerk -- to fill out my papers. And those papers probably didn't go anywhere. I just went up to the federal building, when Iasked to check up on my papers, to see if I were a citizen. He said, no. When didyou file. I toldhim. I remember the judge. He asked me - when did you apply. I said when Iwas in be srvicein New Guinea. And he said, oh, you were in the service. And I said, yeah. He said, well, you come tack and give me the date. It was about a week later, maybe no more than 2-- he said, you come back tothis room so-and-so and you know. And ... we'll fix it up. So I went .there and it was one of these--where they all the people for the final swearing in. I didn't take no test or - L Swore you right in. GA Swore me right in. I just showed up. Everybody stand up. I didn't even - listen - you know - a little while later, my papers come through. Butit was only a matterof-- L Just a formality. Except that I never applied--when I did apply, I never followed. And when I come out, I never--you know, I alwyas considered myself a citizen. And nothing bothered me. I had a job, I was working. There wasrn--except that I started wondering if I am or not. EA It's a good thingyou did. Or you wouldhave gone ... allthese years thought ... you were .. GA Like I said, that's all he done. It was someplace in - the post office. The federalbuilding therein Salt Lake. That