Yoshikazu Morioka, pictured in the front row far left, poses with members of the Tulare, California, "Cottonwood" baseball team. The team's manager, S. G. Sakamoto, is seen at the far left of the top row.
Ben Mitsuyoshi visited a shrine in Kyoto, Japan. Ben played professional baseball for the Hiroshima Carps for eight years after the end of World War II.
Ben Mitsuyoshi (center) and Harvey and Howard Zenemira are honored in a parade in Hiroshima, Japan. The three Tulare and Fresno County men played professional baseball for the Hiroshima Carps.
Ben Mitsuyoshi and Harvey and Howard Zenemira are honored by a parade in Hiroshima, Japan. The three Tulare and Fresno County men played professional baseball for the Hiroshima Carps.
Ben Mitsuyoshi (center) with teammates, Howard and Harvey Zenemira (from Fresno, California), played on the 1953 Hiroshima Carps professional baseball team in Japan's Central League in 1953.
Army Sergeant Ben Mitsuyoshi in Austria in 1951. Ben, with the 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, was in Vienna to play baseball against the Air Force team.