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J.s. Sansei Vietnam Veteran Is “Gook, Jap, Chink” To White Compatriots
By MIKE NAKAYAMA
rp? ANGELES.—One by one we uncovered the
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a pregnant woman, half her face and torso
J^'wvav by shrapnel ... a young boy whose head
Mulders were held together by7 a few threads of
the end of our search for “"weapons” and so“V C suspects,” we found 15 mutilated bodies,
Xomen and young children. This was the fifth day
first week I spent in Vietnam and the first of
L1V similar experiences.
^Lacking a political understanding of this war, I win
-roble to5 logically explain why I was there and conSutinff to these horrible crimes. This problem I feel
^directly related to the alienation in the precious

years of my life and frustrating attempts to escape
the realities of this racist society.
Born and raised in a large Asian and black commanit\ in Los Angeles, 1 resented the white dominant
culture and ran with various groups of Asians and
blacks. With time I became increasingly f rust ratcd
by society and rebelled in a self-destructive manner,
using drugs and fighting with Asian street groups.
This led to more personal problems with family and
friends, and, combined with the draft. I foolishly de­
cided I could escape these problems in the military.
Boot Camp
I quickly learned in USMC boot camp that military
training amplified the brainwashing of public school*

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obedience to orders.
Almost evervone was beaten at least once by the
drill instructor, and in my case several time; . Third
World brothers were constantIv beaten and harassed.
One black brother almost died from hanging and a
Chicano brother was taken away in a strait jacket.
From the first day to (he last. I was referred to
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An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
Vol. XXXV—No. 41

FRIDAY, MAY' 28. 1971

Toronto. Ont.

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The Cry For Peace Gathers J. C. United Church Minister Is
Momentum And Respect In U.S. Barred From Entering South Africa
NARAMATA, B.C. — A Japanese Canadian
Mr. Mitsui had served in Lesotho since October,
By ELLEN ENDO
minister has been refused further entry into 1968, and was the former minister of the Japanese
SOMETHING IS GOING ON in this country', and I think every South Africa and has been declared a prohibited United congregation in Vancouver at Renfrow
American should be aware of it. Call it a movement, a trend, or
perhaps an awakening. There’s a term for* it—the cry* that becomes immigrant, a United Church of Canada meeting United Church.
Dr. Legge told the British Columbia conference
louder and louder each time a new voice is added. The ciw is for was told recently.
‘‘Peace!”
Rev. Garth W. Legge, associate secretary of of the church that Mr. Mitsui on Jan. 3 arrived
I can remember not so long ago when “peace” was a five-letter the church’s board' of world mission, Toronto, said at Johannesburg' International Airport cn route
ciny word. Anyone who dared to advocate an end to the war in the Rev. Tadashi Mitsui had been serving ms a
to Lesotho from a visit to a leadership training
Southeast Asia was subjected to the boos and jeers of so-called
patriotic Americans and labeled' anything from hippie to neo-Nazi. chaplain to Protestant students at the University event in Botswana.
He was met by South African security police
Little old ladies would gasp in horror and “tsk, tsk” you to death, of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland in Lesotho.
at hearing cries of “Out now!” and “Stop the war!”
and told he had eight hours to
Today, however, the average peace supporter can either be a
get out to the country. Mr. Mi­
gas station attendant who participates in moratoriums and marches
tsui protested to the Canadian
w a business executive who nod's in silent agreement when he reads
SAN FRANCISCO.—The first American soldier to marry a embassy in Pretoria and receiv­
that- a few thousand more troops were pulled out of Vietnam.
ed a brief reply.
He can have long hair and wear faded Levis or he can be bald Japanese girl in occupied Japan after the war died hero April 30.
It read in part:
and wear a Brooks Brothers suit. He can live in .a four-bedroom
M/Sgt. Frederick Katz, .an administrator with the national
house or in a commune. He can be black, white, yellow, skinny,
“It is our understanding that
guard in Alameda, was 59, only a month away from retirement.
fat, handsome, ugly, educated’, a drop-out, wealthy, or on welfare.
only
Canadian citizens of Euro­
Two days ago he and his wife, the former Kazue Nagai of .
“Peaceniks” are no longer just the unshaved, unkempt longpean
origin
may enter South Af­
•lairs. They’re the every-day people who could care less about Tokyo, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, and Katz re­
politics and alleged U.S. imperialism. They’re simply7 sick and tired called how difficult it was in 1946 for a Gl to marry a Japanese rica without visas and that Cana­
dian citizens of non-European
os hearing about war, any' war.
girl.
The current Administration’s attitude as well as that of the
“I never wanted anyone but her.” he said. “I was determined ethnic origin require visas for
previous Administration remind me of a motorist who intentionally
entry to South Africa.
runs over a jay-walking pedestrian, then rationalizes his act of to marry’ her. It was my constitutional right as an American to
“In order to avoid difficulties
marry7 anyrbody I wanted to.”
uolence by insisting, “I’m right, I’m right.”
on
future trips we would recomIt took 24 separate official endorsements, including the per­
Whether they admit it aloud or not, the majority of this
nanon's population is in favor of peace. As far as I’m concerned, sonal approval of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, to swing it, he re­ irend that you arrange through
the South African department of
P&ace belongs right up there along with motherhood and the Flag. called.
Ince upon a time, peace was' ranked “right up there,” but someMrs. Katz recalled that she met her husband" one day in I okyo the interior, either in Pretoria or
vnere along the line it became associated with revolutionaries,
in Johannesburg, that your papers
rancahsm and protest demonstrations. Demanding peace in some while waiting for a girl friend in Hibiya Park who <i:dn t show up.
are
in order for re-entry to South
“He came by, asked if I spoke English, and that was how we
^ochinese nation meant the antithesis of peace in the
jilted States. People were getting killed and maimed here at home met,” she said. “He said that since I spoke English I could get a Africa.”
-L Kent State) because they7 objected to people getting killed job. and I found one in the post exchange as a cashier.'
Dr. Legge, who was reporting
*“a manned overseas.
as the church’s general council
hr- ‘^re? anti-war demonstrations supposed to be pleas for peace ?
officer to the B.C. conference,
w
"ny aren’t anti-war demonstrations peaceful? The recent
had termed this reply7 by7 first
Ac,1Ce by thousands of y*oung people in Washington, D.C., is an
secretary7 Charles V. Cole “mealy-ample of such incongruity. Their tactics are pointless and
TOKYO. — The emigration of the establishment of schools.
mouthed, lackey-like . . . with­
^reiore wasteful.
The report
placed particular
farmers should be considered m
Q»,r..^n
option, if each person, who believes that we will Japan’s emigration policy from a emphasis on the necessity for out any’ strong protest of any
,ln, our own hatred unless peace prevails, were to let his new angle in line with the grow­ emigration of farmers in the fu­ kind.”
$e known to the President, Congressmen and Senators, ing need for diversified farming ture. In the past few years, the
Accordingly he wrote External
A-tj* ^e.sball all find out where the majority really stands in this country.
emigration of farmers had been Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp
2,fc
0 j hearing embellished rhetoric on where the majority
This view was contained in an discouraged while emigration of and received replies from John
posed to stand. (Are y*ou listening, V.P. Agnew?)
interim report submitted by tne technicians had been encouraged.
Church, executive assistant, in
feelings be. known” . . . that’s a heavy statement. emigration council to Prime Min­
In order to promote economic
'o,:ea
could mean anything from tangling with the state ister Eisaku Sato recently.
cooperation with foreign coun­ Sharp’s absence.
In referring to the letter from
hdfn10-'™”2 a letter to the editor of the local newspaper,
In the
report
the
council tries, the council stressed the
person has to make his stand in his own way.
stressed that emigration must need to cooperate with local re­ the embassy, Church said it “in
-sn:cYn?na-ily’ 1 yould keep my mouth shut forever before I’d be considered from a wider view­ sidents of Japanese descent in
f Cnnf. nn
. iqAt"'1’6 F ,a "violent anti-war protest—when the means (civil point of promoting the nation s Latin American countries.
'•^Uvl5nce)
much like the thing you’re trying to eliminate overseas development.
It also pointed out tiw- need
'’c-\-nneu- Yne -Price .is to° hiS’h*
, - .J? 1 C!‘5°bedience isn’t my way’, and I could never condone it. I for emigration of intensive lao-ir
7 C,?r‘Yo:itaTlon5, particularly those in Washington. D.C. have enterprises to utilize manpower
TOKYO. — Japan recently place 30G of the vehicles now
v'*. *e . rni rhan good in the movement to end the war.
abroad.
From these standpoint.-. tne launched the world’s first gov­ in use in Tokyo and Osaka,”
would be .a simply worked, direct and emphatic
- --C’“L •_ • and, oh ves, it would have to be polite. I d write council recommended tna< fumt-. ernment-financed research cars Ogata explained. “Wo are not
planning to replace all the gaso­
ieaders and, as I said. I’d be firm but polite. After emigration of Japanese shouhi he for its pollution-plagued cities.
il n e - p owere d cars.”
considered
from
a
new
angle,,
in
­
Masahito
Ogata,
chief
research
- “
sF>-ng m take seriously a letter that begins “Dear DumbFive Japanese motor companies
cluding emigration, of technicians officer for the Industrial Science
and encineers to Canada ana nt-: and Technology Agency of the — Toyota, Nissan. Daihatsu, To­
A o
radicals probably disagree with me. “End the U.S. “
Ministry of Trade and Industry, yo Kogyo and Mitsubishi—will
e;-F'fv' a<- any* cost5 is their credo. “It’s too late for non-violent
To attain this, tne Government said he has $13.9 million to pro­ cooperate in designing the proto­
V'"'
I say the whole issue depends upon whether must respect the will, ot emi­ duce prototypes of passenger types. Four other companies wiil
j A“Gr* GAINST the war in Indochina, or more FOR peace.
grants and extend assr.-mnee io cars, small trucks and buses with­ work on developing a more pow­
i3su-?--hi-”kmore F0R PEACE. History shows us that in them, the interim report noted.
erful, lighter-weight battery and
in. five years.
three others will try to develop
^'■c*' *L ;s the positive approach which is more successful

These
would
be
special
vehi
­
It also called for aid" to Japa­
a new motor and control system.
cles
for
city
use
only
which
re
­
nese settlers overseas, including
(Continued on Page 8)

First Gl To Marry Japan Warbride Dies

New Japan Farm Emigration Policy

Japan is Building Electric Automobiles

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Five Japanese Canadian Judoka Take
Honors At 10th National Judo Meet

71 Mid-West Open Juda Championship June 1

MONTREAL. — The 10th Canadian mond, B.C. In winning the Canadian
Judo Championships here on May Middleweight title, Mukai devasted
WINNIPEG. — The 1971 Mid­ Saturday, June 12, 19~i
22nd saw 5 Japanese Canadians the hopes of such vaunted competitors
West Open Judo Tournament,
capture positions making them elig­ as Ron Powell of Edmonton, Bill Mc­ sponsored by Manitoba Judo Club,
Elimination bouts begin at
ible for the national team at the Mu­ Gregor of Toronto, and Algis Liauba will be held at the University of 00 a.m. Semi-finals and
nich World Judo Championships.
of Oshawa, Ont.
Manitoba Fieldhouse East Gym on 7:00 p.m. Admission S1.00.
The
Canadian
Featherweight
Judo
Leading the Japanese Canadians
was one of Canada's top judo championship title was captured by
technicians, Henry Mukai of Rich­ Mitch Kawasaki of Hamilton, Ontario.

Sansei Captured Fraser Valley Judo

The son of a well known judo
I sensei, Kawasaki defeated John
O'Neil of Toronto in the finals.

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C A N A D I A N

Meet The Real
Japan By Going
"Song & Dance” By Immigrants at Centre May 29 To A Minshuku

Pates And Doings

TORONTO.—The Japanese New Immigrants Association, with
a;\; of the Taste of Japan restaurant and Japan Airlines will
hold a "Stnig and Dance Show" on May 29 from 7:30 p.m. ar the
ja0Sne.;<? Canadian Cultural Centre in Don Mills. More than thirty
nerformers are lined up to entertain both young and old.

There "‘ill be “Natsukashi no Melodies'’, dances by children,
folks dances, koto, shakuhachi, piano solos, and other- instrumentals.
Admission is 82.00. This is the first such venture by the Immigrant
croup to show their appreciation for the friendly and helpful
band sriven them by the local Japanese community. —Ken Mori

"Glamour In Kitchen” By T.B.C. W.A. Metta June 9
TORONTO.—The Toronto Buddhist Church W.A. Metta pres
ents "Glamour in the Kitchen," a demonstration of recipes for
any smart hostess to use at her formal dinner or for just at home.
Come to see and learn how to flambe a gourmet’s delight. If eating
turns you on then come to taste some of the foods demonstrated,
especially the “Swinging Saint” cocktail.

Perhaps you will be .a lucky winner and take home one of
the many door prizes. Toronto Buddhist Church, 918 Bathurst
Street, Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 8:00 p.m. Admission — $1.00
For tickets contact Mrs. Asano — 223-4699
June Asano

KAZUO G. OIYE Q.C.
BE BLOOD
DONORSvS/

____________ PAGE 7

Personal Notes Across Canada
Obituaries

Marriages

By JIM HENRY

SHEPHERD-SAITO

WINNIPEG.—On Friday, April
23rd. 1971 at 7:00 o'clock at Kirkfield Park United Church. Patri­
cia Ritchie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Shepherd, was united
in marriage to Mr. Teruo Saito,
The name of the game is ‘'Min­
son of Mr. and Dlrs. T. Saito of
shuku" (peoples' inn). It's nor
West St. Paul.
only cheaper than any good hotel,
Reception followed at the Mis­
it puts you in a Japanese home
count Govt
Motor Hotel. The
sharing their rooms, food. bath.
couple will reside in Montreal.
The cost per night is usually
1,000 yen ($2.78) per person in­
cluding two meals a day, break­
WINNIPEG. — Toru and Lily
fast and dinner, and any Japa­
Hosaki
(nee Nagamori) recently
nese travel bureau can make the
announced the arrival of Deborah
arrangements.
Elaine, a sister for Alison Nicole
It is possible to see Japan’s
on April 20th at the Women's
lour major islands by moving
Pavilion. She weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz.
from home to home. In fact, that
is precisely the way many Ja­
panese travel each year.
WINNIPEG. — Arnold
and
"I prefer minshuku," says one Patsy Super (nee Hirayama) an­
student, ‘‘not only because it's nounced the arrival of a new son,
cheaper, but because I can feel James Harold, on May 4th at the
some family warmth while I’m Victoria General Hospital, weigh­
away from home. Most people ing 6 lbs. 12 oz.

TOKYO. — Getting off the
tourist trail to meet the “real”
people is a cliche that seldotn
comes true, but in Japan you
1-ave the opportunity, traveler.

SHIMOYAMA

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Mr. Kichinosuke Shimoyama passed .'iviny at Mt. Paul Private Hospital.
Kamloops, May 11, 1971 at, the
age of 84 years. A resident of 929
12th Street. Kamloops, North.
Survived by 3 sons: Y'uki of Kam­
loops, Utaka of Toronto. Makotm
living- in United States. Also a
daughter living in Japan. Mr.
Shimoyama was predeceased by
his wife, Tsuru. Funeral service
was held on May 1-1 at St. Geor­
ge's Anglican Church with i inRev. Nelson H. .Atkinson officiat­
ing. Interment followed at Millside Cemetery.

MAEDA

TOKYO. — On May 4. 1971,
Mrs. Cana Maeda (Nee Okamura >
passed away at Tokyo University
Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Survived
by one daughter, Reiko (Orita)
in Utsunomiya, one son Toshihi­
ko in Tokyo, and two sisters.
Myea
(Inouye) of Hope, B.C.
and Mata (Manno) of West Vr(couver, B.C. She was predeceas­
ed by her husband in 1963.
Funeral Service was held at tin.
chapel of the Joshi-daigaku, To­
kyo, Japan.

who rent out their rooms to
travellers arc very friendly. I
WINNIPEG. — Tony and Kay
think, and even a gaijin (fore­
Fukumura
recently announced the
Room 1805
igner) can enjoy the experience,
arrival of a son at Grace Hospital
366-S388
293-4281 (Res.)
if he knows a little Japanese.”
on May 5th, weighing 5 lbs. His
The Minshuku concept is gear­ name is Blair Anthony.
ed, of course, to making money
Thos. T. Onizuka, Q.C. by renting extra space in the • IIIIIIIIllllllllltllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllHIIIIIIIlHIlillllltllllHflflHIItlllllllin
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in the country, or a small one Read Jessie L. Beattie’s
NOTARY PUBLIC
enlarged for the tourist business.
121 RICHMOND ST. W.
In the more rustic places, the
TORONTO 1
A Japanese Canadian story
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bath and toilet facilities are “out
Available at The New Canadian For $5.50
back” separated only by a th:n
wall. The homes registered with
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the Japanese travel agencies,
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usual places.
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STRENGTH FOR THE BRIDGE

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Minshuku
has
also
spread
abroad. People in many European
cities, for example, have mad?
their homes available to Japa­
nese tourists, some even offer­
ing Japanese food. These people
have been to Japan, or are Japa­
nese themselves. In Amsterdam.
Berne and’ London, there arcseveral Minshuku houses.
In Chiba prefecture, across the
i bay from Tokyo, where the idea
originated, old Minshuku estabi iishments
have
expanded
greatly that they can now seat
several hundred people at dinner,
not the customary two or three.

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Martyrs at Nagasaki, which follows the fortunes of foreign mis­ there is a useful bibliography at the end.
As Tadao Doi, an authority on the Christian literature of this
sionaries and traders in Japan from the arrival of the first Portu­
guese at the island of Tanegashima in 1543 to the execution of 60 period, suggests in his introduction to the book, a study of this
or
members of a Portuguese embassy sent from Macao in 1640 in an era gives one a “deeper insight into Japan of the 20th century.”
UDON
attempt to reestablish trade relations with Japan after the closing It is indeed interesting to speculate what course the history of
ONCE A DAY
of the ports in 1635.
° Japan, and ultimately Asia, -would have taken if the foreign
445-1338
It describes the phenomenal success of the Jesuit missionaries missionaries and merchants had been allowed to continue their
Toronto
in winning converts (nearly 100,000 by 1579) after the arrival of activities here .and Japan had not withdrawn into national isolation.
Francis Navier in the days of Oda Nobunaga, the sporadic perse­
Cont. from Page One
cutions under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa leyasu, and the
''Gook, Jap, Chink
events leading up to the ban on Christianity and final expulsion
Very few prisoners were tak- 1
as a “gook,” “Jap,” “Chink, etc., I which he proudly displayed on
of the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries and merchants in 1635
en.
The Vietnamese who surviv- 1
by the drill instructors. In class­ his desk. Before it was outlaw­
when the third
okugawa shogun, lemitsu, promulgated the es, instructors called me “gook” ed, enlisted men wore them on ed theii’ -wounds were beaten and |
decree which was to keep Japan in national isolation for two and
sometimes tortured. In helicopt- I
and had me stand so the other chains around their necks.
a half centuries.
ers, prisoners were forced to 1
*
*
*
recruits could see what the ene­
Besides the foreign missionaries and Japanese rulers, the
watch their comrades thrown out 1
my looked like. They would em­
In the field, search and destroy of the back door, falling hun- I
protagonists in this drama are a galaxy of the Christian daimyo
phasize the ridiculous idea that missions were technically stopped,
Otomo Sorin, Omura Sumitada, Takayama Ukon, Arima Hadreds of feet to their deaths. 1
the Vietnamese have no regard and replaced systematically relo­
Some -were tied and hung by I
runobo, Konishi Yukinaga — and a number of less exalted but
for human life, and'because they cating the people from their
ropes
from the helicopters until I
no less intriguing personalities such as Amakusa Shiro, the leg­
are “uncivilized” and Commun­ homes and farms to strategic
endary hero of the Christians’ last stand at Hara Castle, Hasegawa
I
ists, we must kill them to pro­ hamlets or concentration camps. they agreed to talk.
Sahyoe, the violently .anti-Christian governor of Nagasaki, and the
Some were tortured by con- 1
tect ourselves and democracy.
The abandoned areas were called necting electric generator wire^ I
apostate priest Christovao Ferreira, also known by his Japanese
“free fire zones.”
“Gooks” Belittled
name Sawano Chuan (misspelled- “Suwano” here), who appears in
to their ears, testicles and other I
Toshiro Nagayo’s novel “Seido no Kirisuto” (The Bronze Christ)
No
Vietnamese
were
allowed
to
vital
parts of their bodies.
|
Stories of torture and inhuman
as a sinister collaborator with the Japanese inquisition.
leave
their
homes
at
night,
but
Still
a
“Gook

|
treatment of U.S. POW’s by the
Although the writer is himself a Jesuit, he is completely objec­ Vietnamese and other scare tac­ in the free fire zones, anything
The last night I spent in the |
ts in his presentation of the facts even when they are not favor­ tics were used to instill hatred spotted moving, day or night, field, we were overrun by a large |
able to the Jesuits. He gives credit, where' it is due, to the Fran­ and a subhuman perspective of could be shot. Many of the people NLF force. Out of the 12 wound- |
were forced to leave, but return­
ciscans, Dominicans and Augustans who were also active in the “’gooks.”
ed, I was one of three emergen- t
ed to plant and harvest them
missionary field, though to a lesser extent than the Jesuits.
cy cases who were supposed co |
Asian women were the subject
The next chapter, by Michael Cooper, is entitled “Japan De - of the drill instructor’s one-sided rice. An entire area of over 15 have priority for medical trea’- |
scribed” and contains contemporary descriptions of the country jokes and stories. The women square miles was made a free ment. When I asked vhat va. |
by three Europeans. The first is Luis Frois. a Portuguese Jesuit were clearly regarded as sexual fire zone (near Da Nang) in taking so long, the corpsman ex- j
whose accounts of Japan are contained in his numerous reports objects for the pleasure of men, which most of the people return­ plained that he thought I

on the progress of the mission. Included here are descriptions of especially overseas servicemen. ed and became victims of U.S. a “gook.” They were treated last 1
Nobunaga and his castle at Gifu and an Imperial procession on Stories of slanted vaginas, weird bombings, artillery barrages, and no matter how. serious the wound. |
infantry snipers.
its way to Hideyoshi Jurakutei Palace in Kyoto.
As the war continues to ^ex- ।
sexual practices and submissive­
The second European is Richard Cocks, the English factor at ness were maintained by many
pand, we in the US. vill be i2v
Counter-attack
Hirado, whose diary gives day-to-day reports on his work as GIs who had never seen an Asian
Because the men and women ing increasing .armed repres.wn
representative of the East India Company as well as a few com­ before and now believed us to had either been drafted into the in our oo communities, ior ।
ments on national events.

be less than human.
South Vietnamese army or had which we must oe prepared.
The third personality included in this chapter is Joao Rodriforces,
After a total of 20 weeks of joined the Liberation
guez, a Portuguese Jesuit who became the first Westerner to maste:
there
were
only
old
men
and
this, I was sent to Vietnam as
the Japanese language and gain a deep under-standing
women and young children left
a
trained killer” to halt th
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culture. He vas also the first person to compile a Japanese dic­
spread of communism. After be­ in the villages. During my first
tionary. Enjoying the favor of Hideyoshi and leyasu, he served
no way means That the
ing assigned to my unit, I talked week in the field, our company
as spokesman and interpreter for the Portuguese missionaries and
accepts or condones the
to a few GIs who were combat was pinned down by about five
merchants. Included here are his comments on various cultural
African
practice of discnmin .
veterans getting ready to leave sniper rounds from a village of
subjects, such as Japanese painting, Zen, gardens and the ter
ing between persons became
for the States. One was worried about 40 women and children. Our
ceremony, which display an insight that is remarkable even wher
race
or justifies income ** •
about packing three souvenir captain called in air strikes
judged by present-day standards.
ears he had cut off some dead (bombs and rockets) and artil­ treatment accorded
The fourth section, “The Meeting of the Culture;
by Dr. j NVA soidier. Another said, “The lery and in minutes the village son for no--apparent reason.
Arimichi Ebisawa, noted Japanese authority on the early Chri tian
Dr. Legge adnm-fi.
only good gook is a dead gook,” was completely leveled. We mov­
era in Japan, contains a wealth of interesting information concern­
probably
made h.no*'n
and bragged of the eight person­ ed in and were ordered to find
ing the influence of Western culture on Japan in the fields of
.
the
church
’s abhorrence o*
al kills which were recorded in weapons and V.C. suspects. We
language, manners, education, science and printing. How fascinatfound nothing but mutilated and heid and said this is
his record book.
burned bodies of no less than at the root of hi t>an:
Ghoulish Practice
A follow-up h
half the villagers. The rest were
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Peace
They advised me to watch my stilled buried in the bomb craters Canadian governs ?nt ssic n-.
and lasting. Take two of the greatest personages in the history back because I looked like a
tion was being tr en.
of the world—Jesus Christ and Buddha. Those who believe in the gook. Collecting ears was a pas­ or completely blown away by the
explosions. This was common expressed regret
teachings of each of these two religious leaders also realize that
being rrU ~
time
of
enlisted
men
and
the
of
­
practice of most infantry units in intervention was
neither set out to attack those who didn't believe as they believed.
prote;
Instead, their lives were aimed at spreading a message. And the ficers. One of our commanding Vietnam, and this occurred re­ no s
message is “peace,”
officers kept a jar full of ears gularly.
made.

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