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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 17 > Snake River oasis

Snake River oasis

Treasure Valley was home to Japanese in wartime

By John Gottberg Anderson For / The Bulletin
May 17, 2009

PARMA, Idaho — The first Japanese man I ever knew well was a gentleman farmer from this small western Idaho community.

Yoshio Takahashi was my Scoutmaster when I attended the World Scout Jamboree in 1967. He was probably about 50 at the time. At once gentle and tough,....

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