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Hiroshi Yuta and Bishop Sceien Yamaoka, Bishop of Buddhist Churches of America, march in the parade honoring the 85th anniversary of the Visalia Buddhist Church, November 1, 1992. Bishop Yamaoka was born in Fresno, California. The parade route was…

The 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team sign. Hiroshi Matoba was stationed here. The 442nd was composed of Japanese Americans and was the most decorated army unit in World War II. Hiroshi was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's…

Sawano Yamashita posed for photo in Hiroshima before her wedding to Shinichi Yamashita.

Suzuko Yamashita, age 3, in 1925.

A horse pulls a cultivator on the Yamashita ranch. The ranch grew tree and field crops.

Sawano Shinichi is seen (2nd row, 2nd from right) in her 7th grade school photo. The school was in Hiroshima, Japan.

Betty Yamashita's husband George Hasebe (right) and Yoshjo (a relative) pose as taiko drum players near Ivanhoe, California, in 1937.

Setsuko (middle) and Suzuko Yamashita (right) pose with another girl at the Camp Poston internment camp.

Aiko Yamashita was a cheerleader at Visalia Senior High School during the 1952-53 school year.

The Yamashita family is shown cooking Mochi Rice in the backyard of their home in Ivanhoe.