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[Translated from Japanese]

KS: And after that, you went to Sacramento?

TT: After that we went to an assembly center, called Walerga, for a day or two. Until Tule Lake opened, we were at the assembly center.

KS: What were your feelings at the time?

TT: Well, I was very worried. I didn't know what was going to happen.

KS: How did your husband feel at the time?

TT: I wonder how he felt.

KS: And then --

AI: How did she manage with the kids, the little kids at the assembly center?

KS: And then, when you arrived at the Walerga Assembly Center, how did you manage with the children? Was it difficult, being with the kids?

TT: Well, the children had nothing to do, and were living day by day. The parents didn't know what to do. There was nothing to do. Our meals were not big enough. Since we brought bucks [buckwheat] dry noodles, we just boiled and ate them. That was about all we could do.

KS: What were the other Japanese there like? What was the atmosphere?

TT: Everyone was the same. Everyone had the same feeling, unsure of what to do. Until we got out of the assembly center, we had nothing to do. You couldn't do anything. We were in a place with nothing. We were just really full of fears, and just didn't know what to do.

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