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Aiko Yamashita dressed as a cheerleader
Aiko Yamashita was a cheerleader at Visalia Senior High School during the 1952-53 school year.
Setsuko and Suzuko Yamashita at Camp Poston
Setsuko (middle) and Suzuko Yamashita (right) pose with another girl at the Camp Poston internment camp.
Taiko drum players near Ivanhoe
Betty Yamashita's husband George Hasebe (right) and Yoshjo (a relative) pose as taiko drum players near Ivanhoe, California, in 1937.
Sawano Shinichi in 7th grade photo in Hiroshima
Sawano Shinichi is seen (2nd row, 2nd from right) in her 7th grade school photo. The school was in Hiroshima, Japan.
Horse and cultivator on Yamashita ranch
A horse pulls a cultivator on the Yamashita ranch. The ranch grew tree and field crops.
Suzuko Yamashita, age 3
Suzuko Yamashita, age 3, in 1925.
Sawano Yamashita in Hiroshima
Sawano Yamashita posed for photo in Hiroshima before her wedding to Shinichi Yamashita.
Sign for the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat in Europe
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…
Parade honoring the 85th anniversary of the Visalia Buddhist Church
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…
Parade honoring the anniversary of the Buddhist Church, Visalia
November 1, 1992, parade honoring the 85th anniversary of the Buddhist Church in Visalia.Those pictured along Tipton Street include: unidentified boy, Maile Mikasa, Katie Mikasa, Kathy Ishimoto and Jocilyn Fukushima.