<Begin Segment 9>

JA: What kind of food did you get there at the cafeteria?

HF: Food was, food was good. When I say food was good, was we'd have, some day we'd have fish, we'd have meat and hamburgers, frankfurters. And then vegetables, in the beginning were brought in, but as, as the farmer, as the farm project started to produce, well, then we had plenty of fresh vegetables from the farm in the kitchen. So, people in the camp, they were, I would say they were well-fed. It wasn't the best of food or it wasn't anything gourmet, but it was ample. So, I have no complaints about the food at the kitchen.

JA: So you don't remember what you spent your money on?

HF: Seriously, I really don't.

JA: Okay. What'd you do for fun? Did you ever go dancing or have a date or anything like that? Were you married by this time?

HF: Yeah, I was, I was married before I went to camp, remember?

JA: That's right.

HF: I was married, so I had --

JA: That was a while ago.

HF: I was married already so I had a noose around my neck so I couldn't go dancing with other single women.

JA: Well, you could have taken your wife dancing.

HF: I didn't dance.

JA: Oh, okay. [Laughs]

HF: I wasn't a dancer. [Laughs]

JA: Okay. Well, that's fine.

<End Segment 9> - Copyright © 2002 Manzanar National Historic Site and Densho. All Rights Reserved.