(Japanese) After coming back to Los Angeles, I went to adult school for 2-3 years. I could not ask my uncle for money and had to eat so I had to make it on my own. Also, around that time, my uncle was saying that I am at a good age to get married so I got married. Now, I needed to support my family as well. My wife was encouraging saying, “Why don’t you work part time and go to school?” But soon after getting married, I had a child so I could not take my wife’s suggestion either. So, after all, I worked. Luckily, with my friend’s introduction, I started working for UP (United Postal Services).

At UP, I thought I was not going to be useful if I did not know all the English words. However, I could read and they told me as long as I can sort packages, they would take me, then I was hired. The manager at the time really liked Japanese people. I started working at a plant near the Harbor Freeway on Ninth and Olympic. The only people that worked on Saturdays at this plant were Japanese Americans. Seven staff were always assigned (on the weekend). They did not use other ethnic groups at the time, not that there were that many other ethnic groups either.