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MN: So how long were you at Santa Anita?

MY: For about six months.

MN: And then from there you were sent to Rohwer?

MY: Went to Rohwer, yes.

MN: What do you remember of the train ride from Santa Anita?

MY: Yeah, it was shades down, you don't see anything. It's just a long ride, pretty dreary ride, I guess. All you did was eat and sleep.

MN: Where did you eat?

MY: Huh?

MN: Where did you eat?

MY: They had a dining car, we used to go to eat. They'd tell us lunch time or dinner time, they'd call you by the car.

MN: Who served you?

MY: I don't know. I don't remember if we just served ourselves or whatever. But I remember we used to go to a dining car to go eat.

MN: So it wasn't African American porters that served you?

MY: No, I don't remember.

MN: Now it was a pretty long train ride.

MY: It was a pretty long train ride, yeah. You figure from Santa Anita... you had, every so often you had to stop and pull off to the side and things like that. It was a long ride. But then in Santa Anita I made friends with a few people and, I mean, that's how I guess we sort of got through it.

MN: Now I imagine there was no beds there, you had to sleep.

MY: No, you just sit in a chair.

MN: Now did some people just sleep on the floor?

MY: No, I don't remember. I think pretty much just sit on your bench like a bench seat, wooden bench seat, but it was a pretty boring ride I guess.

MN: Did you get any motion sickness?

MY: What?

MN: Motion sickness?

MY: No, I've been pretty lucky that way, never get sick on a boat. Like when I was in the service, went to Japan, never got sick.

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