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Originally published on January 1, 2021 10:08 am
George Yamauchi’s family settled in Pasco in 1907. His parents, Harry and Chieka Yamauchi, came to the Tri-Cities with their oldest daughter, Lou, and had a total of nine children. Here they are in a store they owned. Courtesy of Peter Bauman WSU/Yamauchi family.
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In this installment of the “Past as Prologue” series comes the story of a U.S. soldier, Sgt. George Yamauchi, from Pasco. He asked in 1943: ‘What is an American?’ Yamauchi penned the question in the local newspaper after his family was persecuted. The question defining who is an American is as relevant today as it was then.
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