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SY: And then when you actually were, left to go to Santa Anita, do you have memory of that, what the, do you remember?

EN: No, my father was already gone, we knew not where, and I think we were living in the El Serena area and so we joined the Los Angeles group. And I believe from First Street, somewhere around there, by bus, and were driven to Santa Anita.

SY: And this was just you and your mother.

EN: Yes.

SY: And do you remember your mother's reaction?

EN: No, isn't that terrible? I have no idea. And I remember that I was told that if you were seventeen or older you had to go to work, and so I was drafted as a waitress at one of the mess halls, and I don't know whether my mother had to work or not 'cause I was busy working. I don't know what she did. So she may have had to work too, I have no idea.

SY: So this was, was this at Santa Anita or later?

EN: This is at Santa Anita.

SY: Oh, at Santa Anita. So can you, do you have memory of the, your first arrival at Santa Anita and what that was like?

EN: No, I don't. I just, I just remember it must have been a big mob scene and we were given tags with our ID number. It was just a big blur.

SY: And were you actually in one of those horse stalls, or were you given a barracks?

EN: No, we were given a unit in a barrack out in the parking lot.

SY: So that was one of the nicer, nicer places.

EN: I guess. [Laughs]

SY: Were you one of the earlier people to get there?

EN: No, there were others already -- husband, future husband was already there. He was in the stables.

SY: So how, and you just met him, how did you meet?

EN: We were just introduced by a mutual friend there.

SY: And he was the same age as you were?

EN: No, he's four years older.

SY: I see. But you have memory of having met him there, right?

EN: Oh yes, he was really cute. [Laughs]

SY: That's nice.

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