On pages 156-169 of “They Called Us Enemy” by George Takei describe what we are learning about characters in the story(George Takei and/or his family)

Once they have learned that Fumiko will not be repatriated to Japan, the family is depicted smiling all together—a significant moment—but almost immediately they are faced with the fear of the unknown as they wonder if they will be safe in Los Angeles. Fumiko was born in California, and the family has many happy memories there—getting married, having the children, running their successful business—yet because of the way they have been treated, they no longer feel welcome in America. It is a sad testament to the aftereffects of persecution that they felt unable to return to the place they have always called home. After Takekuma leaves for L.A., George, his mother, and his siblings spend one final Christmas in Camp Tule Lake, and George notes that he does not remember this particular Christmas well. The artists have made the aesthetic choice to sketch this panel in very lightly as a metaphorical representation of George's fuzzy memory. The effects of their ordeal are further apparent when the family has difficulty reacclimating upon returning to California. “Sometimes we longed for those barbed-wire fences,” George recalls, “To us, that was home” (167).