Category Archives: Travel
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 →
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
Jerry Proctor is the handle. I've logged 45 years in the newspaper racket. I've done interesting stuff from soldiering in Asia to fighting with the Society for Creative Anachronisms in Alabama. Statistics: married, four kids, two grand kids, retired. Like almost everything from Art to Zoology. "Thunderations" is a 19th century way of uttering an imprecation respectably.
