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RP: Do you recall any other men being court martialed for any other offenses?

RD: No, the first seven days I was out there I had company. They were AWOL with me. I can't remember... I had a couple, three guys out there with me for seven days, then the other twenty days I was there by myself.

RP: Oh, at the, your court martial?

RD: Yeah.

RP: So there were other guys --

RD: But no, there was no other court martials going on there. But everyone in there in the outfit had, as far as I could tell, thought almost every one of 'em had at least one court martial. I think there was one guy in there that had three, but of course, they were all minor. A supplemental court martial was what mine was called.

RP: A summary court martial?

RD: Yeah, a supplementary court martial, which was a minor offense. Nothing serious. Most of the time we did company punishment like dig a ditch or walk up in the hot sun with a full field pack all day long for several days or so. We'd do some other kind of work, work the KP or whatever.

RP: Do you, in the year that you were there, Russ, do you recall any inspections? Was the camp inspected or was the unit inspected?

RD: You mean by General...

RP: Generals or colonels?

RD: ...somebody coming by? Offhand, no, I can't think of anybody coming there to inspect us there. We were there... how long was I there? I figured I was there fourteen months, but I don't think I was there that long. I went into the service in March, went to Monterey, I was there for four or five days, and went to, I guess I was only there at Florence for a couple, three weeks, I guess. And I got to Manzanar in May, I think. April, May... March, April, May... or the last part of April, I can't remember which. And then maybe I was figuring fourteen months, but I guess maybe it was just about eleven months or so. We were there at Manzanar fourteen months altogether before I went to the infantry, I guess, is what I was thinking. So I guess it must have been about eleven or twelve months we were there at Manzanar. But it seemed like we got there in May, I guess, we left in May or June the following year.

RP: That's pretty close.

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