"It was very difficult. Apparently, the houses were ready and we came in busload. In May, Manzanar, it was cold and windy, the wind was just horrendous. We were given a mattress cover and we had to go to pile of hay and stuffed it in, and that was our mattress for about six months. And the bad part of that was there were ticks and we used to get bites and it was very difficult. "

-James Higashida

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Sakaguchi family and friends

Image Contributed by: Bo Sakaguchi

Names of people: Bo Sakaguchi, Ogura, ?, Tsutsui, Sakaguchi, Tsutsui, Sakaguchi, Ogura

Date: circa 1943

Place: Manzanar

Photograph by: Toyo Miyatake

Original Photo size:

Description: Winter of 1943 after a snow fall. Block 11 Manzanar

© California State University, Northridge 2008

For more information about this project, please contact:

Edith Chen, Professor Asian American Studies Dept.
18111 Nordhoff St., JR 340
Northridge, CA 91330-8251
edith.chen@csun.edu
818-677-4966

Nancy Takayama
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center
nt.high.mtn@juno.com