Patriotic Pals - Mystery Photo
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Yet no one was able to identify these
Mysterious Patriotic Pals?

We learned years later that...
rather than sell his Patriotic for pennies
Oji Chan had sent the boat down
to Mexico for the duration of the war.
Somehow the family retrieved it???
Uncle John became the owner and skipper

There were many Post War photos
with the family posing on the Patriotic

Uncle Freddie with Bruce

Karen & Eddie
with Bruce
Denis, Jimmy & Bobby

Uncle Kat
also fished on the boat

So the 'trick' to the mystery was... that the photo was PreWar!
Mike Enomoto was able to identify the two young men as his uncles
who were visiting from Japan around 1940 at the time of his Enomoto grandfather's funeral.

Ryono Family Members
Zoomed & Cropped Photo

Yusukichi Enomoto (1872-1940)
Click here for the high quality PDF scan

Photo from Charles Takude (Toma Family)

Enomoto Brothers
Note the 'Patriotic Pals'
left & right of Uncle Henry

Enomotos
Tommy & Gracie
Mike & Glenn

Harry Enomoto & Kachiyo Ryono
would marry a few months later

Harry passed in camp and
Kay would marry Henry Enomoto
raising the family over 70 years

Kachiyo Ryono Enomoto