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"moreinfo": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n \"'A Jive Bomber's Christmas' Returns with New Cast at Japanese American National Museum in December,\" Japanese American National Museum press release, Dec. 1, 2000,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.janm.org/press/release/22/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.janm.org/press/release/22/\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Foley, E. Kathleen. \"Theater Review: A Bittersweet 'Jive Bomber's Christmas.'\"\n <i>\n Los Angeles Times\n </i>\n , Dec. 9, 1995,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-09/entertainment/ca-12274_1_jive-bomber-s-christmas\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-09/entertainment/ca-12274_1_jive-bomber-s-christmas\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Monji, Jana J. \"'Jive Bomber' Sings a Nisei Camp Story.\"\n <i>\n Los Angeles Times\n </i>\n , Dec. 9, 1997,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/09/entertainment/ca-62055\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/09/entertainment/ca-62055\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Yadao, Allen. \"A Jive Bomber's Christmas: Musical Brings Internment Camp Experience to Hawaii,\"\n <i>\n Hawaii Herald\n </i>\n , Nov. 17, 2000, A-15.\n </p>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230521153516\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.017 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.023 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 286/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 6174/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1004/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 6/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 10.515 1 -total\n 25.14% 2.643 1 Template:RelatedArticles\n 21.56% 2.267 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 14.22% 1.495 1 Template:Databox-Plays\n 13.10% 1.377 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 12.47% 1.311 1 Template:RelatedArticlesSection\n 12.37% 1.301 1 Template:Published\n 11.71% 1.231 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:2554-0!canonical and timestamp 20230521153516 and revision id 28764\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"
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