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Student portrait (ddr-densho-359-49)
Masaru Okano poses on beach. He lived in Japan from 1923-1933, finishing middle school there.


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Student group portrait (ddr-densho-359-67)
Students pose for a casual group portrait. Masaru Okano, first row, far right, lived in Japan from 1923-1933, finishing middle school.

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Two women (ddr-densho-359-787)
Two women pose on the deck of a ship. The caption in the album is written in Japanese.


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Group photograph (ddr-densho-359-791)
Men, women and children pose in traditional Japanese clothes. Kaichi Kawamoto is seated in 2nd row, second from left, next to his parents, Uta and Buhachi Kawamoto, third and fourth from left. Kaichi went to Japan one last time in 1929 to visit his aging parents.



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Men, women and baby (ddr-densho-359-798)
The caption in the album is written in Japanese. Hidegoro Otsuka is the man on the left.




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Four students (ddr-densho-359-85)
Four boys pose in their school uniforms. Masaru Okano, far left, attended school in Japan from 1923-1933.


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Two students (ddr-densho-359-50)
Two students pose for a portrait. Masaru Okano, on the left, lived in Japan from 1923-1933, finishing middle school there.

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Student soldier (ddr-densho-359-48)
A student poses with his rifle. Masaru Okano lived in Japan from 1923-1933, finishing middle school there.

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School outing group photograph (ddr-densho-359-39)
A group of students pose for a group photograph in front of stone marker. Masaru Okano is in third row from the top, fourth student from the left in medium colored coat and dark cap