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japan: Letter From a Japanese Fisherman - 05/25/07 07:19 PM
Recalling-The-Rescue-of A Japanese Fisherman
In the above blog I told you the story of Ray Midlo and his war time experience of demonstrating compassion in the face of the inhumanity of war in an article by Jodie Tweed , staff writer for the Brainerd Dispatch. Below is the translated from Japanese to English letter that the rescued Japanese fisherman wrote to Ray.
"Dear Mr. Midlo, 
I am Torakuma Yamamoto who was rescued at dawn of September 18th, 1945, while drifting after my boat was wrecked at night on 16th of the month. 
I was shocked to read the paper dated February 22, 1957, which reports … (2 comments)

japan: Recalling The Rescue of a Japanese Fisherman - 62 years ago - 05/25/07 04:36 PM
About a month before this story took place, atomic bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing about 210,00 Japanese citizens.  WW2 was officially over but Navy ships remained stationed off the coast of Japan, there were lingering hostilities and perhaps some that remain today.  A Crosslake, MN. man was serving as a Navy seaman aboard the USS Clifton, a fleet tanker. His crew felt the impact as the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and they went on shore to visit the decimated city some time later.
Around September 16, 1945 the typhoon Makurazaki struck Kagoshima Bay, Japan, and nearly … (3 comments)

 
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