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I visited the World Peace Pagoda in Moji and learned about the history of the Death Railway.
Yesterday, I visited The Moji World Peace Pagoda, which I wrote about a little bit the other day. My last visit was two years ago. The pagoda was built through the efforts and dedication of those who survived the Burma Campaign, their bereaved families, the then Mayor of Moji City, and cooperation with the Burmese…
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The War-related Memorials in my town | Time passed, and getting forgotten
When I was little, my dad loved driving his car. Sometimes he would take us to Memorial Cross. He said it was where he used to take my mom on dates. I had never visited on dates, but the Memorial Cross gave me chances for meetings with Americans related to the war. When I started…
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The U.S, Cuba and Venezuela | I am sad because they gave me love, and I love them.
Yesterday, I felt weighed down and didn’t want to do anything. In the late afternoon, I went outside and started cutting back the overgrown trees around the abandoned house. Sometimes, doing work outside in a natural environment, aware of unconscious thoughts. I knew I was sad. Just sad. In recent days, I have been trying…
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Dear Mom & Dad Letters | “US APO #24 Kokura Pair-Occupied Japan”
Yesterday, I was looking for my cats Doris (Day) and Glenn (Miller), which I had in the late 1980s, but I couldn’t find them. I then opened the boxes in a closet. Then I found these letters, which I had forgotten where I had put them In 2012, when I was exploring the post-WWII occupied…
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Thanks for the Memories | “Swing 46” & “Red Blazer, Too”
A few days ago, I saw a post saying that Swing 46 will close at the end of 2025. The post was by George Gee, a big bandleader who was my friend during the “RED BLAZER, TOO” days. It was the late 1990s, and I didn’t know why Red Blazer, Too closed, changed its name…
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A Door for Cuba, in 2013
Everybody wonders why I went to Cuba so suddenly. In 2013, the first half of the year was wonderful. I published a booklet, “The War History of Kitakyushu-City | We Remember You”. Then, I visited Battleship Missouri Memorial in Hawaii, then New York, then Norfolk, Virginia, and sang at the convention of the American Defenders…
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Korean War Poem | We remember you and your history
I had been… far from the Angels Swing project that was about music and the wars. Things related to wars are complicated. My feelings had been complicated, and things were not going well. I couldn’t face them. So, I almost closed Angels Swing. I had been in Cuba for some years. I needed to be…