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![[Installation of 1963-64 new officers of Nisei Memorial Post 9938, Veterans of Foreign Wars at Larchmont Hall, California, April 27, 1963]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8555/preview)
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[Installation of 1963-64 new officers of Nisei Memorial Post 9938, Veterans of Foreign Wars at Larchmont Hall, California, April 27, 1963]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1963
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.786
Description3 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. , 3 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Installation of new 1963-1964 officers of the Nisei Memorial Post 9938, Veterans of Foreign Wars at a gala dinner dance held at the Larchmont Hall in California, April 27, 1963. Includes William Fujimori, post's charter commander; Bob Hayamizu; Robert I. Johnson, chief of staff, Dept. of Calif. VFW; James Kai, new commander; H.W. Straley, commander, Dept. of Calif.; Motomu Nakasako, retiring commander; and Joseph A. Borello, commander of Fifth District. In rear are Jack Nagano, Salem Yagawa; and Art Katayama, senior vice-commander of Fifth District.
1P and 4N: Portrait of James Kai, smiling man in suit with emblem on breast pocket and garrison cap.
2P and 5N: Group portrait of twenty-two men in suits and garrison caps in two rows. Straley and Nakasako hold certificate in front row, far left. First row: H.W. Straley (far left), Motomu Nakasako (2nd from left), James Kai (center); back row: Art Katayama (far right), Bob Hayamizu (4th from left), Jack Nagano (6th from left), William Fujimori (far right).
3P and 6N: Group portrait of ten Japanese American and Caucasian men in suits and garrison caps standing around a podium in two rows. Two men squat, far left, of . They are identified (left to right): Front row, William Fujimori, Bob Hayamizu, Robert I. Johnson, James Kai (with gavel), H.W. Straley, Motomu Nakasako, and Joseph A. Borello. Back row: Jack Nagano, Salem Yagawa; and Art Katayama.
1P and 4N: Portrait of James Kai, smiling man in suit with emblem on breast pocket and garrison cap.
2P and 5N: Group portrait of twenty-two men in suits and garrison caps in two rows. Straley and Nakasako hold certificate in front row, far left. First row: H.W. Straley (far left), Motomu Nakasako (2nd from left), James Kai (center); back row: Art Katayama (far right), Bob Hayamizu (4th from left), Jack Nagano (6th from left), William Fujimori (far right).
3P and 6N: Group portrait of ten Japanese American and Caucasian men in suits and garrison caps standing around a podium in two rows. Two men squat, far left, of . They are identified (left to right): Front row, William Fujimori, Bob Hayamizu, Robert I. Johnson, James Kai (with gavel), H.W. Straley, Motomu Nakasako, and Joseph A. Borello. Back row: Jack Nagano, Salem Yagawa; and Art Katayama.
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