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[Judge John Aiso receiving Legion of Merit, Los Angeles, California, 1965]
[Judge John Aiso receiving Legion of Merit, Los Angeles, California, 1965]
[Judge John Aiso receiving Legion of Merit, Los Angeles, California, 1965]

[Judge John Aiso receiving Legion of Merit, Los Angeles, California, 1965]

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Date1965
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.885
DescriptionJudge John Aiso receives United States Army's Legion of Merit award in court, Los Angeles, California, 1965. Aiso wears eyeglasses and medal clipped to dark judges robes over shirt and necktie. Includes tall Caucasian man in United States Army uniform presenting award and shaking hands with Aiso as Japanese woman in white suit, gloves and hat looks on. Aiso and wife also pose with three older women and two older men. California and United States flags in background.;3 negatives : b&w ; 120 mm. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, December 20, 1965.
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