Japanese American Legion members S. Iida, Commander Karl K. Iwanaga, Vice-Commander I. K. Sano, Adjutant T. Koseki, J. Omri, and Standard Bearer W. Tanara, Los Angeles, 1935
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A group of fifteen men of different ages stand clustered around the American flag and the American Legion flag, each of them wearing their veterans' hats. A post of the American Legion has been made up entirely of Japanese men who will be travelling to Fresno for the California State convention for ex-service men. Photograph appears with the article, "Japanese at Legion's Assembly," Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug 1935: 5. Text from negative sleeve: 1878 - Japanese - L.A. Am. Legion [stamped:] Sep 4 - 1935 Text from newspaper caption: The American Legion's only Japanese post left Los Angeles yesterday for the Legion State convention at Fresno. Here is a group of its members: left to right, front row. Color Bearer S. Iida, Commander Karl K. Iwanaga, Vice-Commander I. K. Sano, Adjutant T. Koseki, J. Omri and Standard Bearer W. Tanara. The post is named after Commodore Perry. Handwritten on negative: Jap. Am. Legion
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uclamss_1429_8173 ark:/21198/zz002dg0pp
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Veterans--American Flags--American Iwanaga, Karl Kiichi, 1892-1961 Omri, J Iida, S Tanara, W Sano, I.K Koseki, T American Legion
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