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RP: Did either one of you join any clubs while you were in camp? Boy Scouts?

LU: No. We just kind of, in a way, had a basketball team and a softball team, that's about it.

RP: How about your older brothers? How did they occupy their time?

LU: Seemed like the three older brothers, they were never really into sports. So I don't know what they did.

GU: Well, Elmer was working in the hospital.

LU: Oh, yeah.

GU: And the two, the two brothers below, Daniel and David, some years they would go on the furlough trip to work on the farm. But other than that, when they were in the camp, other than playing cards, I don't remember anything in particular.

RP: One of your brothers got married in camp, Elmer?

GU: Elmer's the only one, only brother, and Sumi also, was the only sister to get married in camp.

RP: What was marriage in camp like? Was it the same as... what do you recall about that?

GU: I can't remember any of the, part of the wedding.

RP: Even the wedding cake?

GU: Not even that.

RP: Do you remember anything, Leo, about your older brother's wedding?

LU: No, I can't. I know they got married in a church.

RP: Speaking of which, was there any... you had a very strong connection to the Japanese Methodist church in Florin. Did you attend a church in Manzanar?

LU: Yeah.

GU: Yeah, I even got a small perfect attendance pin. [Laughs]

LU: But it was, I mean, the Methodist church was a small group.

RP: Was there a particular person that you recall from camp, a character or somebody that really touched your life while you were there?

GU: I wouldn't say he touched my life, but I do remember one person that did stand out was Ralph Lazo, yeah. He didn't have to be there, he just wanted to be with his friends. He was in camp. But other than that, I can't think of any other person that stands out.

LU: Seems like he, he got along with anybody, that type of guy.

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