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TI: And Fresno, did your husband or you have a job? Or like Dyna, did he have a job in Fresno?

RN: Uh-huh, he did, but he lost his job.

KN: He was a plumber, town plumber, huh? Tell Tom what, didn't he have to go with the advance team, with Dr. Taira six months before to get the Arkansas camp going?

RN: Yeah.

KN: He set up all the plumbing.

TI: Okay, so, which was probably really needed and valuable. Because you always read, or I hear about how oftentimes, the plumbing was always really poor or still being done in terms of sewer lines and water lines, and so it sounds like it was useful to have your husband.

KN: What was it like going to the bathroom at the Fresno Assembly Center? Nori Masuda talked about this, like, trough that would fill up with water and tip back and forth.

RN: Oh, yeah?

KN: Did you have to sit right next to somebody when you had to go benjo?

RN: Oh, yeah. We didn't have no privacy.

TI: When you think back to Fresno, what was the most difficult thing for you at Fresno?

RN: Going to the bathroom, uh-huh. Yeah. No... you have to share the toilet with others.

KN: And shower, too, right, Mom?

TI: And you had a young child. What was the most difficult thing in caring for Janie during this time? When you think back to Fresno, what was hard?

RN: I don't know.

KN: Did she cry a lot? How did you feed her bottles and food?

RN: Yeah.

TI: Like did you ever have to worry, if Janie was crying, that it might bother the other families because you were so close and everyone could hear her cry? Were those some of the issues?

RN: Uh-huh.

KN: Do you remember who the neighbors were at the Fresno Assembly Center?

RN: Uh-uh.

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