Dale Burk brought his bride, Wakako, to Trego, after getting being stationed by the U.S. Navy in Tokyo. Wakako, known as Katie, worked at the Elks Lodge in Kalispell for 35 years; she died two years ...

Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

In the early days of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, about 460 refugees were jammed into the compound of the Ateneo de Manila, which was then on Padre Faura. All of the classrooms were ...

IRONTON -- Three members of the Ohio University-Southern faculty are heading to Japan this fall to do a documentary on Japanese war brides. Miki Ward Crawford, an associate professor of communication ...

Hiroko Furukawa met GI Samuel “Bill” Tolbert of Pine City at a PX in Toyko. They married in 1951. Hiroko, who came from an upper-class family, was daughter of a decorated Japanese Army officer. The ...