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LH: You know, since you were pregnant at the time, how did the camp care for you? Were there facilities for your health care while you were pregnant?

FH: No, yeah, we managed. We had to do our own business. We never had a housekeeper, anyway. I think children... we just -- day at a time. I don't regret it, somehow we survived. We survived, children survived. I wish nothing like this would happen to anybody, though. And Densho, and others that working I think it's good to bring it up so the other Americans don't have to ever, ever, ever evacuate.

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AI: Just before the break, we were talking a little bit about how little the kids were, and how you were expecting. Just wondering, what kind of, if there was any kinda health clinic for you and for other mothers, and other women who were expecting?

FH: When I went to the clinic for the first time, I thought I might be -- there was another lady that was pregnant, Bainbridge girl. I thought us, not too many but we were in a long line there when we went to the clinic. I thought, Whew! They have a certain day for mother-to-be, so you could... it was a, clinic was in tent their first time.

AI: It was a tent?

FH: It was a tent, yeah.

LH: Was that sort of an army tent? An army tent?

FH: Yeah, army. It's a big tent, uh-huh. By the time they had hospital half built - it was not big but, something like barrack only it was white.

LH: When the time came for you to give birth to your child, was that the building that you went to?

FH: Uh-huh.

LH: Was that anywhere near your barracks?

FH: Still a cot.

LH: Was it very close to get to there?

FH: It was cleaner, yeah. White.

AI: So the hospital was, they called it a hospital but really it was like another barrack. A little cleaner.

FH: Really another clean barrack, clean barrack.

LH: What, did it have a doctor, and a nursing staff?

FH: Yes. They had doctor, and a lot of volunteers for nurses aide. Evacuees. I know some girls that helped. I think a few nurses. You didn't see too many hakujin. I think head doctor wasn't hakujin, anyway. Mostly...

AI: Were you sick at all while you were expecting? Did you have any kind of morning sickness, or have any kinda problem like that?

FH: No, they had ambulance if you need 'em they...

AI: But you never did.

FH: I was pretty healthy I guess.

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