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[Basten <cbasten@statgen.ncsu.edu>]

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From: "The Teagues" <teague-family@att.net>
To: "Rowan Klein" <rowanchan@hotmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: on this day: 1944
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:32:35 -0800
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Rowan, thanks for this posting. Some of Mr. Ozaki's family
lives in San Diego and I'll be passing this interesting
interview along to them. I wonder if they have ever seen it?

NHK did a documentary on the Ozaki family a few years
ago and mentioned the story of the Nisei son who left
home to practice sumo in Japan. One irony was that when
WWII broke out, he was unable to return to the U.S. nor
contact his family about his well-being. He ended serving
on the Japanese side against his brother Earl, who joined
the now famous 442nd Regimental Combat Team right
out of a U.S. concentration camp. Both survived the war.
After the war, Earl settled in San Diego to raise a family
and his brother chose to remain in Japan and was married
there. Guess we'll never know whether he would have made
into the Makuuchi ranks or not.

Chubakanonami in sunny Sandy Ego

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rowan Klein" <rowanchan@hotmail.com>
To: <sumo@sun01pt2-1523.statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:09 PM
Subject: on this day: 1944


Nippon Times, Sunday 16th January 1944
Nisei Sumo Wrestler Describes Nippon's Popular National Sport.

http://www.juryo.com/newspaper/1944/19440116.jpg
Kiichiro Ozaki