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purchased their house for a minimal

amount, determined to carefully

control who could move in as his

neighbors in the future.

The Japanese internment camp

where they were taken was a

hundred miles away. Though the

government was always saying how

nice things were there, word came

that food was in limited supply and

not all that good, and conditions

were less than ideal. Some

churches tried to do things to help,

but Fred turned away those who

asked him to participate. Surely the

admonition to “love thy enemy” did

not pertain to times of war.

The months rolled into years,

and Fred received word that David

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