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DESCRIPTION:<a></a>\n<a> </a>\n\n(Photo: Tsutomu Dyo holding the Japanese f
 lag on a visit to Mexico. Courtesy of the Dyo family)\n\nOpen to the publi
 c event. Free.\nDinner at 5:00 p.m. required $20 per person\n&nbsp\;\nFor 
 more information\, contact Ken Wagner at (626) 441-2925 or email at&nbsp\;
 davidwag@sbcglobal.net\n&nbsp\;\nOver a century ago\, two brothers left th
 eir home in the coastal city of Sendai\, Japan\, and emigrated to Mexico t
 o seek new lives. One of the bothers\, Tsutomu Dyo\, made his way to the s
 tate of Chihuahua and established as a silver mining enterprise that made 
 him very wealthy.\n&nbsp\;\nBy 1910\, Mexico was engulfed in revolution. I
 n 1916 his hacienda was looted by Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces and 
 used as a temporary headquarters for their attack on Columbus\, New Mexico
 \,\n&nbsp\;\nWhen the United States invaded Mexico to put an end to Villa\
 , Tsutomu became an agent for the United States and was involved in an abo
 rtive attempt to poison him. When the United States withdrew from Mexico\,
  he came along\, settling in the El Paso area.\n&nbsp\;\nIn El Paso\, the 
 brothers\, Tsutomu and Louis Kenzo\, took up farming and started families.
  Louis Kenzo died in 1941 shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor by Jap
 an. Following the attack\, the families were interned\, and Tsutomu was pl
 aced in a separate camp for dissidents.\n&nbsp\;\nThe Dyo Journey is fille
 d with epic risk taking with great successes and tragic setbacks. However\
 , it is a story of courage and endurance in the face of opposition that ha
 s become a lasting legacy.\n&nbsp\;\nInitially this event was planned as a
  family reunion. But the family thought the talk and discussion would be o
 f more general interest\, especially to Japanese American community. The P
 asdena JCI facility has about 100 people capacity.
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SUMMARY:Presentation of a century old story of Japanese immigrants to Mexic
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