Japanese War Brides, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition, explores the lives of the Japanese women who immigrated to America as wives of U.S. military servicemembers after World War II. The exhibit includes the Japanese war brides who made their lives in Kalispell including the stories of the Aho family. (Photo courtesy Kat Burk)
April 20, 2025
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Japanese War Brides: Kalispell featured in traveling Smithsonian exhibit
The arrival of the Japanese war brides marked the largest women-only immigration event in U.S. history and by 1960 increased the population of Asian Americans in the U.S. by 10%, according to the Smithsonian.