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Description
Mr. Devouge describes his work environment at the foundry. He then describes being assaulted with a shovel by a Japanese worker.
Transcription
Interviewer: How long did you work in the foundry?
Oh I worked there pretty near two years. And they were making crank shafts and things for the war and I had to work. I was fine at that and then they come and they want to clean the furnaces, they take me and put me down there with seven Japs. One fellow caught me across the back and he knocked me down with a shovel. So I got mad and I had a shovel and I took him and I laid him. I said a few curses and I said, "Get up and your head’s coming off!" It happened a Jap come and jumped in between, "Who hit first? " They asked the Jap, the Jap said, "The Jap hit first!" Alright, he took him, he gave him an awful going over, he never told me a word. But if he hit me hard, I hit him harder. If he got up, I was cutting his head off with the shovel. It comes that you don't care if you're going to die, you know, you're pretty near dead as it is.