Category Archives: Military history

August 31, 2009

Land of the Rising Sun and the culture-shocked occidental

Everyone should go to Asia before he dies — if for no other reason than to experience true culture shock. In 1951, during the Korean War, the Army landed us at Yokohama Harbor. As we trooped down the gangplank and … Continue reading →

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Filed under History, Japan, Military history, Travel

Tagged as Army, Asia, Buddha, Christmasu, Culture Shock, female barbers, Hot Baths, Japan, Japanese films, Korean War, lovers' leap, Octopus, public peeing, Riksha, snake's blood, strippers, suicide, women shaving, Yokohama Engineer Depot

August 27, 2009

World War II home front was dreary gray trial for a feisty 12-year-old

World War II on the home front was a bewildering time for a 12-year-old feisty kid from Wynne, Arkansas. I had attained my 12th birthday in August, 1941, then in December war came. Most of us underage types in Arkansas … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Arkansas, blue stars, faith in victory, Germans pick cotton, gold stars, gray drudgery, hemisphere defense, home front, kids at war, kids enlisting, Mexico City, military funeral, overpass guarded, POWs. FDR, prison camp, railroad mystery, Re-enacting, Roosevelt trip, war maps, war songs, World War II, Wynne

Category Archives: Military history

Land of the Rising Sun and the culture-shocked occidental

World War II home front was dreary gray trial for a feisty 12-year-old

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