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Show Grace Oshita 2-21-85 s7:37 GO There was a girlfriend who went back to Japan just before the war. Something happened in her family. I think. Oh, that's right. A sister or a Kibei or Isei sister came from Japan and joined them and after that, I don'tknow whether she was happy or not. And in 1940, when we were in the sophomore year in high school, she decided to goback to Japan by herself. And that was a sad day. You know, the parting-you know, going by steamship, you know, the parting is sadder than I think than at the airport or on a train. You know, how you used to throw streamers. And they used to play - the ship orchestra, a band used to play Auld Lang Syne. Oh, that ·was terrible. I mean, I just remember that scene forever. L The orchestra was playing that song. GO Auld Lang Syne. And the people from the ship would throw down the streamers and we'd hold it until there wasno more and it would cut --separate. L Of course, I didn't know that. I didn't know it was such a dramatic staged moment. GO Oh, yes. Every parting at piers is terrible. (laughs) Somebody taking a pleasure trip, it woul dbe fine. But you know, if they're really-- L She was leaving. GO Yes. L Were thre a lot of people, families, do you remember, that went back to Japan . Or was it just the unusual thing. GO To me, it seemed unusual. L Just a few. GO Yes. I just don't remember. That is before the war, I don't know any personal friends -families- that are close to me who went back to Japan. |
