After WWII tens of thousands of Japanese women immigrated to America as wives of U.S. military servicemen. Their arrival marked the largest women-only immigration event in U.S. history.

But as soon as they stepped off the Navy troop ships,  these women parted ways and spread out to all corners of the country with their husbands-- small towns, big cities, midwestern farms, or military bases. 

They were the first Japanese some of their neighbors had ever seen, their children the first mixed race Asian students in their schools.

Facing barriers of race, language, religion, and culture, as well as the pain of isolation and loneliness, how did they build new lives as Americans for themselves and their families?