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BY: So you were just a few months old, so, of course, you don't remember anything about Pearl Harbor. And then your family was sent to Puyallup and then to Minidoka.

DR: Right.

BY: Do you know anything about that time? I mean, I know you were too young yourself, but have you heard stories about what happened, for example? How did your (parents) manage when you, suddenly there are these notices saying that (they are) going to have to move with her family?

DR: I don't recall any reactions at that time, I was just too young.

BY: I just wonder if there's, sometimes there's family stories about this or that.

DR: No, that part I don't really know.

BY: Okay.

TI: Or how about just, with all the children in camp, any stories about other people helping your parents take care of you?

DR: No. I do remember it gets really rainy during the winter, and muddy. But I remember my dad having these really high geta and having to carry us kids to the bathroom, to the mess hall or whatever.

BY: Oh, actually, so your dad died after the war?

DR: After, yeah.

BY: That's right, that's right. He died in '48?

DR: No, he was forty-eight. I was in the, I just finished fifth grade, and that summer he passed away.

BY: Okay, so he died in '52, (…)?

DR: (…).

BY: Okay, all right.

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