The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America

Meeting several of the courageous women who moved to the US from Japan after WWII, and learning how they made their decision to begin a new life from the ashes of war. Fumiko Ward met her husband Louis in 1945, and pushed on with their marriage despite objections from her parents. But before her ...

Having lost her parents in the war, Keiko Johnson ignored her brothers' objections and married an African-American soldier, Albert, although they divorced 10 years later. She raised 3 children alone, earning her degree while working. Fujie Yamasaki married a 2nd-generation Japanese-American man, ...