Resigned to his own evacuation, he was adamant that he did not want to enter camp with Mary and Jeanie alone. He turned to Kaz and the Matsumoto brothers. Harry instinctively understood that these friends—thick as family—would give him a sense of context in a place where he did not belong. He would do everything possible to make sure these Hiroshima neighbors, bonded over their shared American identity and no small amount of fun, would be incarcerated together in the country they called home. ON APRIL 30, 1942, CIVIL EXCLUSION ORDER No. 30 appeared in southwest Los Angeles on doors, posts, and
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