Friends, a wonderful and honorable reflection on a career Marine’s experience with a Japanese-American who was trapped in Japan during WWII. I would encourage you to read it.
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ed Kobayashi was tall for a Japanese, typically thin, gray haired, a bit stooped over, and one thing that really stood out was the fact that his English was flawless. He worked in the Manpower Management section of the Personnel Department at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. I was privileged to serve as Assistant Director.
The Manpower Management section had undertaken a study of the efficiency of several of our air station support departments, and so I hardly ever saw Ted except when he was en route to, or returning from one of his assessments. One day I asked him to tell me what he was doing, and he just looked at me with a slight smile and said, “Well, of course I am a Japanese employee of the Marine Corps Air Station, and so my primary purpose here is to make the American civil service employee—my boss…
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Excellent!
Isn’t he a wonderful writer??
Glad to see you over at my cousins page, I knew you would like it – Your blog always reminds me of his. As the old saying goes, great minds think alike…just don’t tell him I said that!!! 🙂
Shhhh…..
Too late! You are busted, Patty. 🙂
🙂
I heard you Patty! You can run but you can’t hide.
I believe Patty just insulted me a touch since you are known as the black sheep in the fam… 🙂
But he is a good black sheep! Remember Mustang…you are a Marine in an Army family on your moms side that is! 😉
Give me a call. i would like some information.
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lol!!!! 😀