So you know, people were after us. I mean, they didn’t want us around. They made acquisitions and threats and things like that. So I couldn't believe those things were happening. Maybe it was the best thing that they sent us into the camp, to protect us.

“I grew up thinking women were stronger than men in terms of the absence of anger and self-pity. Absence of bitterness.”

“My dad wasn’t recruited in the 442nd so we, as a young family, were chosen to leave early. And so that gave us an opportunity to get out of there.”