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SS: Tell me a little bit about going to Tule Lake.

EW: That was horrible. [Laughs] The train came by and stopped. You were allowed to carry, take only what you could carry. And we didn't know what the conditions were there, and what -- were we to do our own cooking and whatever. So we took a few dishes, and a few pans and linen, and boarded the (train). And I can remember one family from Bellingham -- and there was no mother in the family, and she had passed away, and so the father had the children. And they boarded the train and nothing was in carton boxes. It was awfully hard to see that. They were trying to do the best that they could. It was a scene that you never forget.

SS: Did you take some of your prized possessions with you? What are some of the things that you remember taking?

EW: Oh, it's hard to remember now. I really can't remember.

SS: What was the train ride like? Was it long?

EW: Well, from Burlington to Tule Lake... it was long. And I think they took out every train that they had in the yards, you know. And we weren't allowed to look out the window, they pulled the shades down. Oh, it was pretty bad.

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