Oral History Interview with Yvonne Goodier Charles, November 10, 2015 Page: 8

                                
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Uh hum.
And my brother. But ... but the next year, my parents arranged for a woman
tutor to come and she lived with us in Paracale, and ... which worked out
beautifully. She became a family friend. And we got great ... an education.
She, I mean, she knew if we didn't do our homework, she was right there, but
she ...
What was her nationality?
She was American.
She was American, uh hum.
Uh huh. And so, we made up an extra year because we'd lost a year coming in
... coming to Manila. The school ... school year is different. And I think they ...
what she taught us, she ... it was ... she was not only a great teacher, but a great
friend, and we stayed, and she stayed friend of the families ...
Uh hum.
... afterwards, till they, you know, till she died.
Uh hum.
So, then we moved back to Manila for about, I think that was just a ... year or a
year and a half in Paracale, and we moved back to Manila. And my father had
mining interests; he was working, I think, with someone else at that time, but
gradually developed his own consulting business which became very ... worked
out very well for him. So, before the war, we ... we had ... he'd got to the point
where we were able to have a very comfortable house, and you know, they had
a ... my parents were short ... for a few years had a very nice, comfortable life.
It was nice for a few years, yeah.

It was, right, till the war ... till the war broke out, uh hum.
Uhm. So, what's the first thing you remember about when the war started and
how it impacted you?
Well, of course, it ... I think it was snowing when Pearl Harbor was struck.
Clark Field was bombed almost simultaneously, I think.
Right. Same day, yeah.

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