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Smitty and Mugsy (5:43)

Robert Owen Smith and Kimie Tanaka

He was an orphan without relatives. She was far from home, knowing no one in the United States. Together, they made their own rules and created a family with a hybrid of cultures and always laughter.

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Table of Contents

  • ▼Chance Meetings in Japan
    • Surviving Hiroshima, Marrying an American (8:47)
    • Courting the Typist (3:55)
    • With JFK's Help (9:32)
    • The Wrong Hotel (5:36)
    • The Proposal (5:41)
    • Becoming Catholic (3:58)
    • Dancing at the Zanzibar (3:54)
    • Dating Mr. Mountain Nose (5:39)
  • ▼Finding Identity
    • A Child of God (4:00)
    • A Toe Hold in America (5:28)
  • ▼Making a Name
    • Finding Home in Big Sky Country (9:43)
    • A Barber in Maine (4:02)
    • Passing the Exam (8:40)
  • ▼Making Do
    • Bob's Tavern (5:18)
    • Across a Wide Divide (6:03)
    • Making Hiroko Happy (9:13)
    • Stopping Right Here (5:38)
    • Not Madame Butterfly (5:14)
    • Japanese Girls, They Got Pride (4:51)
  • ▼The Children
    • Living Her Mother's Dream (10:29)
    • The Admiral's 'Firecracker' of an Identity (8:21)
    • The Mystery of My Father (8:57)
    • Finding My Mother (9:16)
    • Finding My Father (9:41)
    • Reconciliation (5:22)
    • Understanding Mom (4:55)
    • Finding the Balance (6:11)
  • ▼Living in America
    • Don't Ever Cry: Mariko's Tale (15:08)
    • How the Admiral's Mother Came to Tennessee (12:24)
    • Of Angels, Cows, Avon and the Mail Route (8:10)
    • For the Love of English (7:00)
    • I Give All I Can (6:08)
    • Blood from a Turnip (5:25)
    • Smitty and Mugsy (5:43)
    • Making Herself Clear (5:59)
    • A Blending of Immigrants (6:25)
    • Glorified Rice (4:05)
    • Samurai Wife (4:33)
    • Standing Out (9:38)
    • Keno in Reno (5:28)
    • Grateful for Women's Lib (5:00)
  • ▼Endings
    • We'll Call You "Susie" (9:04)
    • Caring for Kimiko (4:57)
    • Keeping the Ties (3:47)
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