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TI: So talk about that. Tell me when your father returned. How long were you at Heart Mountain before your father came back?

HN: I don't know whether it was at Heart -- no, wait a minute -- or whether it was in Santa Anita. I'm trying... maybe it was at Santa Anita he came, or about the time we were gonna get shipped out to... yeah, it must have been that time, because I remember he was on the train with us.

TI: So he returns when you're at Santa Anita. How had your father changed during that time?

HN: He, as I say, he was very quiet guy, calm. So I didn't notice any distinct change, except he was a husky, kinda chubby guy, but when he returned he lost a lot of weight. That I remember.

TI: So you saw a physical difference, the weight difference.

HN: Yeah, physical difference.

TI: And then at Heart Mountain you all ate together as a family?

HN: Yes.

TI: Was that common for other families to do that?

HN: Yes, yes. They tried to, yeah. Like I say, it was more or less a tradition, Japanese tradition.

TI: Okay, good. That's interesting. Did your father ever talk about Missoula or Bismarck, or when he left?

HN: No, we weren't too much interested in that, so I didn't talk... but occasionally he mentioned about at Bismarck, you know, there were Germans there and so forth. That was about the, the thing I remember.

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