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BN: Then from there, you all went together to Merced.

RM: Yeah. And then also in Esparto, we had the Matsumuras, that's my grandmother's family, her brother. Of course, my grandmother was passed away already, but her family, it was my grandfather's best friend, his family, extended family were all living there. So they all went together to Merced. So I had the dates... in fact, I probably have a form that tells you the dates. That we went to Merced, and then I think it was in September that we went to Amache. But in Merced fairgrounds, it was in the middle of a vineyard. And I don't remember anything about it except the address. It was H-4-27, and I don't know what that stands for now, but it was grape season. So the guards would cut some grapes for us, and pass these grapes through the barbed wires so we could eat some grapes. That was kind of nice.

BN: And were your extended family members in the same barrack?

RM: I don't know. In Merced, I don't know. I don't have that much recollection of Merced. In Amache, we were pretty close, so most of them were in Block 8E. But my grandfather and the Morimotos were in 7E, next block.

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