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From this ashes of World War II rose this group of Germans, Japanese and Americans who traveled the Japanese countryside and called themselves the “Inubashi” (dog bridge) after the name of a room they once stayed in.

This is a passage from my mother’s reminiscences about a unique group to emerged ...

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The Tokyo War Crimes Trial

My mother worked for the Tokyo War Crimes Trials translating documents that were sent ...

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Yokohama Yankee reading at University Bookstore in Seattle

I will be doing a reading from Yokohama Yankee at the University Bookstore on ...

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Yokohama Yankee book talk at Pacific Lutheran University on Saturday, September 27th at 10:30 a.m.

Yokohama Yankee author will speak in Tacoma September 27 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ...

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Leslie Helm will be speaking about his book, Yokohama Yankee, at Pacific Lutheran University on September 27th 10:30 a.m.

Yokohama Yankee: Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan Book Talk Saturday, September 27 10:30 ...

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The Rise and Fall of Families and Nations

My great great great grandfather, Jaochim Adolph F. Helm was born in Trollenhagen in ...

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