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AI: And you were saying that you were expecting in August, that you were due in August. Is that when your baby came?

FH: Uh-huh. August fifteenth.

AI: Tell me, what was that was like? When did you go into the hospital?

FH: Well, I had a false alarm couple of days before. And rushed there, they brought me back again, 'cause it's midnight, I had to go back, middle of the night. Then, got stopped by sentry for once.

AI: In the middle of the night? You were walking?

FH: No, no we called the ambulance. Well, I don't know how we did that. I guess you go to block manager and have them report it to them. Every block had manager. In case of emergency.

LH: Were you saying that on your way to the hospital you got stopped by a sentry?

FH: Uh-huh. We were on the ambulance too, or was it army truck or something.

LH: This was the time you were in labor? Oh boy.

FH: We made it. [Laughs]

LH: So your baby was born safely in the hospital?

FH: Oh yeah.

LH: That would have been Leonard?

FH: Yeah.

LH: Son Leonard? Okay.

FH: I don't know how many days I stayed there, I was anxious to come home 'cause I wanted to see the rest of the kids.

AI: Yeah, at that time Natalie was still only, what, maybe a year and a half?

FH: Yeah, yeah. My children are just one year apart. Just about. Yeah, I thought, God, when am I gonna stop? But, I had a hysterectomy -- I think it was in Manzanar.

AI: Oh really?

FH: Uh-huh.

AI: Well, how did that happen?

FH: Yeah, I think so. Huh?

AI: How did that happen? Were you feeling sick?

FH: Tumor.

LH: And, how did it go? Did you have a good, a safe recovery?

FH: Yes. I forget the doctor's name. He was from California. Spoke so loud.

AI: That must have been scary.

FH: I stayed about a week. Had operation there.

LH: Was that just after you gave birth, or was it a little later?

FH: Yeah.

LH: Was it later?

FH: Yeah. Checkup.

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