The returnees and Caucasian personnel reported a satisfactory and uneventful trip from Rohwer to California over lines of four railways and with equipment varying from a fairly modern cafe car to antiquated wooden coaches of the gaslight era. A tourist sleeper was reserved for the aged and a few who were ill. Iwasaki, Hikaru Los Angeles, California. The Washington USO for Nisei servicemen and their friends is a gay place on Saturday night. Veterans returned from overseas make up a large part of the group who come for an evening of dancing, ping-pong, checkers, or just talk.
Music is provided by records and refreshments are served.
The USO is under the direction of Miss Gretchen Feiker, assisted by Miss Helene Johnson and by John Kitasaka from Heart Mountain and Ray Hashitani from Oregon. Van Tassel, Gretchen , . Volume AX1 Section K WRA no. Grace and Dorothy Funamura thinning grapes on the C. R. Van Bruskrik vineyard near Lodi. Grace and Dorothy recently returned with their family from the Rohwer Relocation Center to their home at Rt.