Kathryn Tolbert, an editor at The Washinton Post and the daughter of a Japanese war bride, interviews Marianne Roose of Fortine for the war brides oral history project. Roose is the sister of Dale Burk, who brought his Japanese bride to live in the Trego area.
September 17, 2017
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September 17, 2017 1:53 p.m.
Japanese war brides project taps into Flathead stories
A quest to tell the story of Japanese war brides who married American soldiers and assimilated into life in the United States in the years following World War II brought journalist Kathryn Tolbert to small towns across the country, including the Kalispell and Trego areas.