Kazuma "Frank" Hirata and Jun Hirata c. 1910s

ID: 4325 ~ Creator: Msc 202 Hirata Family Papers, courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.
This file appears in: Arrests at the Desert Hotel

An undated photograph of Frank Hirata and his wife Jun. Hirata was one of the men arrested at the Okamoto wedding.

This file appears in: Arrests at the Desert Hotel

By Anna Harbine
Sumi Yoshida and Joe Okamoto thought that December 7, 1941 was supposed a day that would live forever—in celebration. It was on that day the Japanese-American couple planned their wedding at the Desert Hotel, now the site of the Davenport Towers.…