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[VISUAL: Yuri Kochiyama ]
I had only five kids at first in the class and, coincidentally, everyone had a brother who was in service. And I had a brother who just went in. So one of the girls said, “Let’s write to our Nisei servicemen,” and everybody said, “Oh, that would be fun.” And so each one, the next Sunday, brought their brother’s address and we started writing. And then we said, “Let’s see how many addresses we could get of Nisei soldiers.” And it was surprising. Our list was growing so fast. And then we bought postcards for a penny—we didn’t have to get a stamp to post, the stamp was on there. And so then we had all the kids draw pictures and write that we are thinking of our Nisei soldiers.