Lois Beno papers
Collection
0003-GWP
In 1947, Lois Beno and her two children joined her husband in Kurume, Japan. He was in the Air Force, but on loan to the Army, and was in charge of a Counter Intelligence Corps (the CIC) unit in Fukuoka. The family initially lived in Kurume and later moved to Fukuoka.
The Beno Papers include 64 photographs, an interview with Lois Beno (audio and transcript), and her short description of Japanese customs. In the interview, Beno discusses housing for military dependents, food, sanitation, clothing, transportation, entertainment, and her travels throughout Japan.
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8.91 Megabytes (32 JPEGs) : Color and B/W
0.47 Gigabytes (Two audio files and one transcript file)
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The Beno Papers were donated to the Prange Collection in April 2014 by Lois Beno.
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