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AI: Now, I remember you were saying something at another time, about how with your other babies you were breast feeding them for a long time. Is that what you were planning to do with Leonard?

FH: Oh yes, but I dried up right away.

AI: And so then what did you do?

FH: So, we went to a doctor in clinic and asked for baby's milk. See, we didn't have any icebox or anything. They suggested giving him powdered milk, or SMA, that has vitamin in it or already mixed so we just had to mix it with hot water. He grew up on that. That was better than fresh milk. They didn't have these, nothing but raw milk those days. And with no icebox, we couldn't bring it home. So it was a powder SMA milk.

LH: So, where did you get all the baby equipment? The bottles, and everything you needed?

FH: Oh, they issued it.

AI: Were you able to sterilize the bottles? Because you didn't have any kitchen in your, you didn't have any sink for...

FH: No, we didn't. But we weren't so particular, I guess. We just washed it with the hot water. That we had to bring to the laundry room to do that.

AI: Oh, so you had these bottles and you had to, then the diapers, and you had to go the laundry room...

FH: Same laundry room.

AI: Did you ever have any problems with Leonard or the other kids being sick while you were there?

FH: Huh?

AI: Did you have problems with Leonard or the other kids getting sick while you were there?

FH: Yeah, luckily we survived. I don't remember. Only my daughter used to get high fever every time she get a new tooth. With the tooth, we found out that that was the cause of it. I remember one time, a sandstorm we had to, my husband carry her to the doctor because she has high temperature. But it was only, she was getting a new teeth. Other than that, as a whole they were quite healthy. Luckily.

LH: This would have been, Leonard was born in August of 1942, and you were in Manzanar for a few months after that, excuse me, half a year after that, perhaps. During that time, there seemed to be some trouble brewing down at Manzanar, and did, were you aware of any problems at the time? Of tension between the residents of the camp and the administration? Did you know anything about that?

FH: No, I don't. We got along. Yes.

LH: Did you hear anything about problems, or rumors?

FH: No, probably, some may have, but -- when you're raising children, you stay within your own block. No time for visiting, I didn't. I think young people had good time. Made more new friends.

LH: So your time was pretty full.

FH: Too busy.

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