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KL: So in 1943, I mean... actually, let's go back a little bit to the end of 1942. There was this event that got called the "Manzanar riot" later. What are your recollections of that event?

HF: Well, I was home, and then they said, "Oh, there's a riot." And we stayed away, of course, my sister and I stayed away, and my brother stayed away. My younger brother is the one that got in there, and when they threw that gas... not gas, whatever, so he ended up in the hospital.

KL: Why was he involved? What drew him?

HF: Well, he's so nosy at that age, you know. Must have been fifteen or sixteen.

KL: So he was just kind of curious, wanted to know...

HF: Yeah, I'm sure. So probably his friends went, so he probably tagged along. But then my husband was there also, he said the fellow next to him got shot. He was lucky he didn't get shot. He got shot in the leg.

KL: What drew him?

HF: I don't know what the fellow's name was.

KL: What drew your husband to be there?

HF: I don't know why he went. Like everybody else, they just congregated. You know, something's happening, they're so nosy.

KL: That younger brother of yours, the fifteen year old, what were his thoughts about being confined in Manzanar and the politics of Manzanar?

HF: He was probably happy he didn't have any restrictions in Manzanar. You know, like home had restrictions, well, in Manzanar, the young people, they were mostly on their own. They went to school, but after that... so I think it was a bad time for them.

KL: For that generation, that age?

HF: That age. For girls it was okay, but for boys, you know, boys get together and they cook up things, whatever.

KL: What about your, the older brother, George?

HF: He was more calmer than... he wasn't like that. Two different personalities.

KL: You said you stayed home during the riot events?

HF: Yeah, we stayed in an apartment, my sister and I.

KL: Were your parents with you, or was your dad at the hospital?

HF: No, he was there with us, my little sister.

KL: What were your parents' demeanors?

HF: I don't know that they thought.

KL: Were they pretty calm?

HF: Yeah, they were very calm. We figure it's one of those things that happened.

KL: Did you have any reason to fear for your safety particularly?

HF: No, I didn't.

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