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SS: How was it that you got out of camp? You were number two out of camp, tell me a little bit about how that came to be.

EW: When I became ill in camp they thought perhaps that I should leave because it was too hard for me. And so when my fiance heard about that, then he got the wheels rolling on his end of it and got the chaplain to write a letter and other people in his group, officers and whatever, and they were able to appeal. And the War Relocation Authority, WRA, then authorized a move for me.

SS: In all, how much time did you spend at camp? How old were you?

EW: Well, June, July, August. Maybe about two and a half months. Not very long, but long enough for me.

SS: What was your family's reaction when you got word that you were leaving? For them they were, they were losing a daughter.

EW: That's right, but you know, they were happy for me. And as I think about it now, they never showed that they didn't want me to go, they were happy for me.

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