During 1947 Katsura caught the eye of American serviceman Vernon Greenleaf[REF] (no relation to the pool and carom billiards champion Ralph Greenleaf),[REF] a master sergeant in the U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corps who had been in the armed services for 22 years [REF].
After Katsura arrived in the U.S., she gave a private exhibition for Cochran, who wanted to make sure she was as good as reported before finalizing the invitation.