Densho Digital Archive
Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
Title: Henry Fukuhara Interview
Narrator: Henry Fukuhara
Interviewer: John Allen
Location:
Date: November 6, 2002
Densho ID: denshovh-fhenry-01-0017

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JA: Tell me about... you and your wife had a child when you were in camp?

HF: Yeah, we had a child because she was pregnant when we went to camp, so we had a, so we had a child in, in camp. And she's, she just turned sixty.

JA: A young one.

HF: Huh?

JA: A young person.

HF: You mean today or then? [Laughs]

JA: Today. [Laughs] Was there any negative feelings attached to her having been born in camp...

HF: No.

JA: ...that she experienced?

HF: She, she wouldn't know. Too young, born in camp, and we left, she left camp when she was, she was about two years old, I think, when she left camp.

JA: So she has no memories of that?

HF: No, she wouldn't have any memories, and I don't think the older one would have any memories either. At least I, I never asked them. I never asked my oldest, oldest daughter, Joyce, whether she has any recollection. I'm certain that Grace wouldn't because she's too small. Joyce maybe has some, but...

JA: Are they interested in your experiences about camp? Do you talk with them about that?

HF: No, they don't seem to be interested. They don't ask any questions.

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