Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Grace Oshita

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Oral History Institute Grace Oshita 5-22-85 Interviewed by Leslie Kelen LK The last time we ended up, we spent a fair amount of time talking about __c_ amp_ __ , about the fact that your grandmother died while you were there. What I would like to do back to T~~ ?~~~ and talk aboutbow you remember the move being made from Ta~firan. To Topaz. How do you remember that whole procedure there getting underway. GO I don't remember about our being told - it must have been in the newspaper, the weekly newspaper or something, special announcements and whatever. But I do remember packing up and being put on busses and crossing the brdige. I have a letter that I had written to my Dad saying that although our curtains had to be drawn, the shades on be bus had to be drawn, we peeked and saw the lights of San Francisco. And perhaps it couldhave been - it might ave been the last time that we could see it. It made us feel sad, not knowing the future. Then we boarded the train in Oakland. le's see, did we spend two nights. It must have been one whole day, two nights and a whole day- and I can't remember what timett day it waswe arrived in Delta. Um. Everytime we approached a town, we would be told to draw the train curtain, shades, down also. Andle thought someone read Salt Lake City, you know. And so, we had an idea when we passed through Salt Lake. Inthemiddle of the desert in Nevada, we had quite a wait for the troop train. to pass. Or whatever. We were on sidetrack - and told that we could get off the train and strech for a while. In the middle of