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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto
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Memories of trip to Japan on the exchange ships

(b. 1927) Japanese American Nisei. Family voluntarily returned to Japan during WWII.

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Miyoko Amano
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Yoshitaro Amano, Forced to Return to Japan by Prisoner of War Exchange Ship (Japanese)

(b. 1929) President of Amano Museum

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Hiroshi Sakane
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Returning to Japan on a prisoner-of-war exchange boat (Japanese)

(b. 1948) Executive Director of Amano Museum

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Jean Hamako Schneider
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My father who returned by prisoner of war exchange ship (Japanese)

(1925-2024) War bride

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