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EB: Do you remember anything about that, the trip there on the bus, or perhaps a train?

GS: I don't even remember that.

EB: Okay. Do you remember anything about arrival at camp?

GS: When we got there it was... I remember we had to kind of stand in line, but I don't remember how long or for what. And then I remember going to this barrack which was to be our home. Beyond that, I don't know.

EB: Okay. And can you tell me your block address and a little bit about the block where you lived at Manzanar?

GS: We lived in Block 30, Building 8, Apartment 1. And the barrack had four apartments, so we were in the front. And next door to us lived my grandparents in the second apartment. In fact, I think they had maybe 2 and 3 because it was a big family. So there must have been nine or ten of them. I'm sorry, what was the rest of the question?

EB: I was asking about life in Block 30. And so your extended family all lived in the same barrack, or several apartments in that one barrack then.

GS: Yes, right.

EB: Okay, and your particular apartment, it was your immediate family. Was there anyone outside your immediate family with you?

GS: No, it was just the immediate family.

EB: So your mother, father and siblings.

GS: That's right.

EB: Okay.

GS: And then my grandparents lived next door with my aunts, and then my uncles must have been next door to that or something like that.

EB: Okay. So everyone was together.

GS: We were together, I guess, which was a good thing. And I also remember some of the friends from Florin, that same area, they ended up in Block 30. And, in fact, one family was in the next barrack, and another family was over maybe two or three barracks. And so I was too young to even understand something like this, but I think when I look back on this, I think for my parents, it probably gave them some sense of... well, at least they didn't have this feeling of just being left alone. There were other people that they knew there, it wasn't just going someplace where they were total strangers.

EB: Okay.

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