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Full title:Lt. James Oda with an Army friend, Lt. Jack Waldo, visits the Tasaka home in Washington while on leave from the Merchant Marine. Lt. Oda, from Honolulu joined the Maritime Service in December 1941 after serving in the Naval Reserves. Since then, as indicated by his service ribbons, he has served in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean theatres of action. He has also received the Navy Cross and a Combat Citation. Lt. Oda has a brother in the U.S. Army in Italy. He has a sister in Hawaii and one in New York City. The Tasakas, who have a small ice cream store in Washington, have been most cordial to visiting servicemen who are passing through the city. Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen "Washington, D.C.", .
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