“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.” 

“When I think about it, I’m mad at Japan for creating this problem. Because the yes-yes, no-no question came up because of the war. It would never have come up before if things were okay. And I’m angry at them because they knew that they had family and relatives living in the United States.”

“That’s the time when I realized it wasn’t really a picnic, as I always thought. That’s when my mother or father said we weren’t going to be going home, that where we were is where we’re going to stay.”

“When we had to relocate we had to go to Pinedale Assembly Center. One thing that kind of touched my heart is when we left Auburn, we boarded a train. And my teacher brought the class to send me off. So, that was really nice.”

"It was hard, it was hard on the parents. Was it hard on me? I don't know, I don't remember that much, the hardship. But the parents, my god. Could I do it? No. I couldn't do it. I can't imagine myself doing it."

"You had your sensei at the front of the room and he had different kinds of batons, if you will. You hear about Catholic nuns whacking kids? Well, these guys did the same thing."

“Misery and stuff like that, I never knew about it. The only way I knew was because I was told by my older brothers and sisters. That it wasn't all peaches and cream.”