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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
Title: Henry Fukuhara Interview II
Narrator: Henry Fukuhara
Interviewer: Martha Nakagawa
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: December 1, 2009
Densho ID: denshovh-fhenry-02-0017

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MN: Did you go into Santa Anita assembly center first?

HF: No, went to Manzanar immediately. We were fortunate.

MN: So were you one of the early Manzanar people?

HF: The first ones.

MN: How did you get to Manzanar?

HF: Oh, the train, I think. Train...

MN: From Union Station?

HF: So we got on the (bus) at Lincoln and Venice Boulevard.

MN: Did a friend drive you to Lincoln and Venice Boulevard?

HF: We walked there.

MN: Now, your wife was pregnant with your second (child) when you went into Manzanar. Was it a very difficult birth for her?

HF: No.

MN: Were you able to get enough food for the baby in Manzanar?

HF: Oh, yes. They had a nice hospital there.

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