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After WWII and the Japanese incarceration, they fell in love; at 98, he's published a memoir


FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Louis Moore, a 98-year-old Chinese-American World War II veteran, salutes the presentation of the flags by the Quartz Hill Young Marines, before holding a book signing event at the American Legion Post 311, Sunday, April 25, 2021, in Lancaster. Moore published a book, Eternal Love, about his 74-year marriage to Nellie, a Japanese-American dancer who had been incarcerated in an American internment camp. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times/TNS)
After WWII and the Japanese incarceration, they fell in love; at 98, he’s published a memoir
LOS ANGELES Louis Moore couldn’t stop staring at the dancer, third from the right in the chorus line, at the China Doll nightclub in New York City. ....

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Amid COVID, WWII veteran shares marriage story in new book


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Louis Moore couldn’t stop staring at the dancer, third from the right in the chorus line, at the China Doll nightclub in New York City.
It was spring 1946. World War II had recently ended. Moore was 23, newly discharged from the U.S. Army Air Corps after serving in Europe and enjoying a night out with his parents and sister at the just-opened Manhattan venue.
She had the sweetest eyes he had ever seen. He returned night after night, hoping to catch her attention.
Weeks later, he spotted her in the window of a nearby café, drinking coffee. She smiled when he asked to sit with her. They went for a walk in Central Park and talked and talked. ....

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