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TL: Which assembly center did your family go to?

AT: The one near Sacramento. I cannot remember the name. It was just... we were there just short time and went to Tule Lake.

TL: Do you remember how -- well, between the time that your mother learned that you would have to go, do you remember how much time that was -- like, was it few weeks or felt like a very short period of time?

AT: I can't recall. I remember long trip to Tule Lake and we went on a train.

TL: When you went to the assembly center, did you go by bus because it was closer?

AT: I think so, yes.

TL: What did you think would happen at the assembly center?

AT: I don't know. I cannot recall. Just uncertainty. We didn't know just where we were going or where we might be taken. I think this long train ride to Tule Lake I still remember.

TL: I'm wondering if you remember anything else about the assembly center. For example, what the living quarters were like, what the routine was like? And then I'll ask you about camp, but first back in the assembly center, do you remember anything about...

AT: No, I remember more about Tule Lake.

TL: Okay, well, why don't we talk about that?

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