Title: Letter to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito, 5/12/1942 (ddr-janm-1-9)

Densho ID: ddr-janm-1-9

Sandie Saito

Barrack 7 Unit 6 (changed) 2^nd St.

Santa Anita Center

Arcadia, California

May 12, 1942

Dear Molly,

I’m sorry I didn’t answer sooner. I still can’t write in ink because I misplaced my pen. Don’t mind my writing because I smashed my fingers. It seems that everywhere I go I get hurt. My fingernail is going to come off. Man! You should check the beautiful bluish lavender tings! I went to the hospital and they drilled a hole right…

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…through the middle of my fingernail to let out the blood. Gee whiz! Everything happens to me.

There’s a lot of girls here that I know now. They came in last week. There’s a lot of Boyle Heights kids here now. Bad ones and good ones. I heard that Lillian Igasaki was at Manzanar. Poor kid! I’m not writing to Sadae because she’s probably getting ready to leave in any minute. Is she going to Pomona?

By the way, how’s everything at school? I hope it’s not too bad! Oh yeah! Tell Sadae that the food is improving. Everything is swell…

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…out here but I don’t know how I’m going to stand it. Who knows? I might have to stay out here 3 years. Well, keep on writing to me Molly.

So long.

Love,

Sandie

P.S. (“You’re so mean and evil”)