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MN: Which assembly center did you go into?

JI: Huh?

MN: Which assembly center did you go into?

JI: Heart Mountain.

MN: Before Heart Mountain?

JI: We went to Pomona. Pomona, and then to Heart Mountain.

MN: And what kind of job did you have at Pomona?

JI: I became head of the Social Affairs, so I had to take care of practically everything that went along, I had to take charge of.

MN: So you organized all the boys and girls clubs, all their social activities?

JI: Well, there were lots, but I wasn't active in those. I was active in taking care of the whole place. And had to run all kinds of clubs. Eventually we got to Heart Mountain.

MN: Before we go to Heart Mountain, let me ask you another question on Pomona. At Pomona, did you live with your entire family?

JI: We got separated.

MN: Who did you live with?

JI: Well, David, Bill, and Dorothy.

MN: Your younger siblings.

JI: We had our own, we had one room, we had one big room and Dorothy was kind of curtained off, her area.

MN: So from Pomona you went to Heart Mountain.

JI: Yes.

MN: And what do you remember of the train ride?

JI: It was a long ride, I think it was five days. It was a slow ride, they stopped here and there. I slept on the floor on the aisle because you couldn't sleep sitting up all the time, twenty-four hours. So I slept in the kitchen, dining room.

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