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KB: So once you were at that assembly center, and you said you were there until about September, how did you learn then that you were going to Minidoka?

SO: Well, it just gets around that you're going to be leaving to Idaho.

KB: You didn't see any signs or anything, or you just kind of went around camp and people were talking about it?

SO: Yes.

KB: So your parents didn't say to you, "We're going to another place"?

SO: Yeah, well, it gets around, talk.

KB: And when you left the assembly center to go to Minidoka, how did you get there?

SO: We got there by train.

KB: And do you remember that ride on the train?

SO: Yeah, I remember the ride, but they made you pull down all the blinds so you couldn't see outside while you're going.

KB: Do you remember how long it took you?

SO: It took a long time.

KB: And you couldn't see out, what did you do to entertain yourself on this train for that long a time?

SO: Must have played cards and games.

KB: Do you remember how your parents were feeling at that time? Did they share anything with you, how they were feeling about this?

SO: It's a new adventure, I guess, is what they said.

KB: Did they think it would be better or the same?

SO: I think it would be worse because of the weather. Hot and cold.

KB: When you got the train there, did you guys step off the train and you were at Minidoka, or did you take a train somewhere and then...

SO: I think we transferred by trucks or whatever.

KB: So the train stopped and then you had to get your belongings and have another mode of transportation?

SO: I think it was Twin Falls.

KB: And then from Twin Falls...

SO: Yeah, I think it was... see, I don't remember that much.

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