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The George Washington's Birthday Eve Ball sponsored by the Young Buddhist Association of New York at the Caravan Hall, 110 East 59 Street, New York City, was well attended by servicemen on furlough. Some of them were former Y.B.A. members. Typical are those pictured. Left to right they are: T/5 Yas Yamashi, formerly of Alameda, California and Gila, who relocated to New York City and worked as an auto mechanic; T/5 Mas Inada, formerly of Sacramento, California, and Tule Lake, who was employed as a commercial artist in New York City; T/5 Tom Shinoki of Salt Lake City, who was an accountant in New York City; and T/5 Leo Hosoda, former Y.B.A. member from St. Anthony, Idaho. All were on furlough from Fort Snelling, Minnesota. At the extreme right is Pvt. Charles Kajiwara, a Y.B.A. member from Fort Lupton, Colorado, who was on his first visit to New York City while on furlough from Camp Blanding, Florida. -- Photographer: Fujihira, Toge -- New York, New York. 2/21/45

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The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.