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Wind in camp
Every day was the same old. I mean, a windy day, a dusty day, okay, go up to the camp, to the hospital and back. I mean, I don’t know. I just wondered, how long is this going to last. I just wanted to hurry up and go home. That was my thing. Hurry up and go home. Where it’s nice and clean, you know? Even in the camp, no matter how hard you tried to make the place clean, you get dust. Oh god, it was always dusty.
Yeah, terrible. I mean, you had to put a mask on you. Even your glasses, your mask, oh. When that wind blows, boy oh boy, it’s hard.
Date: May 24, 2011
Location: California, US
Interviewer: John Esaki
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum
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