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Italian immigrant runs Takarazuka café after war hardships
Orazio Abela, a Sicilian survivor of ships damaged near Kobe, runs a small Takara zuka restaurant named Abela's. He lived in internment, later aided by U.S. forces, and now serves pizza and spaghetti to American and Japanese patrons while dreaming of expanding to America.
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Takarazura
Japan
Abela Orazio
Orazio
Italy
Ramboi
Africa
Pasquele Mazclia
Arden Straits
Kobe
Kobe Harbor
Cant
Marela
Qrazio
Indo-China
Sin
Takao Arbor
Formosa
Grazie
U. S. Army
Takarazuka
Luigi
Tony
Abela
America
Tan
New York City