Japanese war brides who were brought to the Flathead Valley connected with one another and formed a group they called the Japanese Joy Luck Club.
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.