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Today I spent my day at a hospital's
operating room. They were operating on
a Jap's arm & I was there as an interpreter.
Shrapnel wounds are always ugly &
this was no exception.

In all my talks with them none has
expressed the desire of going back to Japan.
Most are exiling themselves to China. The
Japanese people do not accept them once
having been disgraced by the enemy Most
are Buddhist or Shintoists but I even ran
across one who was a Catholic. He hasn't
asked to see our chaplain yet but I imagine
it will just about precipitate a major crisis.
Most are beginning to realize the overwhelming
power of the Allied armies but think that the
real showdown will be in China. The war is,
ofcourse, leading to just that

Well, I guess I've given the Japanese enough
of space. Banzai!

Chris

P.S. Regards to all.

P.P.S. Jap peso was worth about 24 Am. money