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RP: So have you been back to Manzanar since you left?
ST: It's been about four or five years since I've been to Manzanar.
RP: Really?
ST: Yes, uh-huh. So I haven't been back there. Are they having anything special?
RP: Well, we have, yes, we have an interpretive center, a visitor center, kind of a museum type of thing.
ST: Oh, uh-huh. Yeah, I don't think I've seen the new museum. Someday I'd like to see but I don't know.
RP: It would be nice to have you visit there.
ST: What kind of things do they have in that museum or are they going to have?
RP: We have exhibits and talk about the, about life in camp and some of the...
ST: Is this an ongoing thing?
RP: Uh-huh.
ST: Is that right?
RP: So, National Park Service runs or administers Manzanar as part of a unit of the Park Service. A few more questions about camp. One about Robert Brown.
ST: Uh-huh.
RP: He was a good friend of, of Roy.
ST: Yes.
RP: I think he might have even been his boss.
ST: Uh-huh.
RP: But you mentioned to me that they both went to school together at USC.
ST: That's right, that I know of.
RP: Do you, did you know Bob in camp at all?
ST: Yes. He took us around and that's where you saw the picture.
RP: He took pictures of you at the...
ST: Yeah. He took us around and took all those pictures. Yes, uh-huh.
RP: I'm sorry, I forgot to bring some of those with me. But you might have them.
ST: I think I have some.
RP: There's a picture of Roy and you sitting on a couple of rocks near that park.
ST: By the bridge?
RP: Yeah, by the bridge. There's another picture by the bridge.
ST: Yeah, he took several picture of us and I think I have... that's the one I came across the other day. I don't know where... I was thinking, "Where did I leave the others?" I don't know if I have others or not.
RP: So that, was that the only time you ever visited that garden, Merritt Park?
ST: Uh-huh.
RP: Was when Rob, Bob took pictures of you?
ST: Uh-huh. Yes. He wanted especially there because there's a nice scenery.
RP: Like nice scenery. Yeah, it's a very beautiful picture of both of you.
ST: I don't know about that, but the scenery is beautiful. [Laughs]
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