Timeline by Luis Hernandez Matul

Arriving on Tanforan: Day 1

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The friends waiting for the Uchida family to come inside the facility. "Fortunately, some friends who had arrived earlier found us and offered to help us locate our quarters."

The Long lines for the Main Mess hall. First 4 days

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Yoshiko and her family waited in long lines with plates to eat the unsavory food that was offered at the camp.

The Barracks in Camp Tanforan

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Some of the barracks and apartments in the camp were just horse stables that were repurposed for families. "Barrack 16 was not a barrack at all, but a long stable raised a few feet off the ground with a broad ramp the horses used to reach their stalls."

The latrines in Tanforan

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The bathrooms and showers in most camps didn't have curtains but did have dividers. "About 100 feet from our stable were two latrines and two washrooms for our section of camp, one each for men and women. The latrines were crude wooden structures containing eight toilets, separated by partitions but having no doors."

The stuffing of the beds

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The Uchida family had help from neighbors and friends to fill their bedding with hay for their mattresses distributed by the camp. "Because our friends had already spent a day as residents of Tanforan, they had become a dept at scrounging for necessities. One found a broom and swept the floor for us. Two of the boys went to the barracks where mattresses were being issued, stuffed the ticking with straw themselves, and came back with three for our cots.