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TI: So what were your first impressions of Puyallup?

MH: Well I thought we were lucky because we were put in, I think it was Area A, which was the parking lot, so all the buildings were clean, I mean, they were all new buildings. It wasn't the area where they had the grandstands and the horses and the stables, so we were in a nice, nicer area.

TI: Any memories that stand out about Puyallup?

MH: Just standing in line to eat and eating the same Vienna sausages.

TI: Did you have a sense of what was gonna happen to you in terms of...

MH: No. I was with the family, so it was okay, except my dad wasn't there.

TI: Do you recall any communication between the family and your father during this time?

MH: Must've been letters, but I don't pay that much attention.

TI: But did you have a sense that your father was okay or where he was?

MH: I was worried about the fact that he was being interrogated, but otherwise no, I wasn't too worried.

TI: And describe your sort of living arrangements, because you had...

MH: Seven of us, six kids and my mother. Yeah, seven of us all in one room.

TI: And about how large was that room?

MH: I think we all had the same sized room in Puyallup. It was in Minidoka that we had a bigger room.

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