Sometime in his late teens, Eddie contracted tuberculosis and had to stay at Weimar, a sanatorium in Placer County. He eventually recovered, and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he was interned with the Takahashis, first at Tanforan, and then Topaz. Despite his delicate health, he was assigned to the very dusty job of distributing mattresses.
Meanwhile, Harry, the youngest, joined up in 1943 and went on to fight in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He saw action in northern Italy in June of 1944.
V-mails (Victory mail) slowly made their way to barrack 4-5-E in Topaz from Harry in the 442 in Italy: