 At the time, Furuta was 61 years old and had lived in the United States for 42 years.On May 16, 1942, Yukiko Furuta and the Furuta children (Raymond and his wife, Martha, Toshiko, Nobuko, Kazuko, Etsuko and Grace Emiko) were removed from Wintersburg Village to Poston.The Furutas were separated for one year before Charles Furuta was allowed to join his family at Poston.