Hood River Issei becoming U.S. Citizens. Naturalization Ceremony, June 3, 1960. The McCarran-Walter Immigration and Naturalization Act passed in 1952, allowing Issei to apply for and receive American citizenship after so many years.

ONLC 828, Gift of Endow Family.

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