Monday, February 17, 2025

Happy 97th Birthday Judy

 

 

 
From facebook Sansei Legacy
Mitchell Matsumura:
Judy was born and raised in Lompoc CA. Her family were farmers who grew vegetables. Very common for Japanese Americans back then. This was a Japanese area with Japanese stores and language school. At the outset of WWll they had a friend that secured a place to stay in Colorado. The Kikuno family were fortunate to have this friend. After the war her family owned a nursery in Walteria CA. Eventually she married Frank Nakatani 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the all Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Judy worked for a well known dress maker in Hollywood named Howard Greer. She also worked in the office at O'Connor Lincoln-Mercury on Crenshaw Blvd and Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles.

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