Densho Digital Archive - Sumiko Yamauchi Interview (denshovh-ysumiko

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KL: This is my last kind of big question. You mentioned a high school reunion five years after...

SY: Oh, we had it for three years.

KL: And it was like in 1949 or '8 or so?

SY: It was in 1950, I think '55, and '60. I have some pictures there.

KL: Tell us just for the tape a little bit about what those events were like, what it was like to see people again.

SY: It was fun because you got to see them again. The very first year, you know, I think I was married, and somebody said they were, she was pregnant or something, and remember saying, "Oh, do you know if it's a boy or a girl? I got a boy. Maybe you and I can get together twenty years from now," something like that, to make it fun. But it was fun because you never knew what was gonna happen to them, and they didn't know what was happening to me. So we really got together and talked about what you did after you left camp.

KL: Where were they held?

SY: Quite a few of 'em were in Los Angeles. I was surprised how many there were. I mean, most of them were in Los Angeles. I think they were, from San Diego there were three of us, because I do know, because we drove together up there.

KL: And the reunions happened in Los Angeles?

SY: In the L.A.

KL: And some of the teachers came?

SY: I have a picture of that, too, yeah. And I was surprised when Mr. Greenley was there, because for a guy who's blind, he gets around quite a bit.

KL: Those were my only kind of detailey questions, so yeah, thanks.

WP: That's it.

SY: That's it?

KL: Yeah. Just, thank you very much for all your time and all your memories, we really value it.