Guess I Am A Second Gen Loser

Quote from selfmate

these days you only need to get two!! lol (or three in some countries!!!)

Yeah, but it was the military after WW2, and he was stationed in Japan.

This is what the Japanese capital looked like in 1945.

All the wood buildings are gone.

Quote from selfmate

I was going to post what nanjing (nanking) looked like but I don't think it's appropriate for such a thread lol

Yeah and my gramps still does not like them (the Japanese). He says they will never really own up to or admit what they did in WW2 and that they gloss over it in Japanese text books (his words not mine).

Quote from Yseki

Yeah and my gramps still does not like them (the Japanese). He says they will never really own up to or admit what they did in WW2 and that they gloss over it in Japanese text books (his words not mine).

It was reality for him, it is just some history stuff for me. So I don't have strong feelings about it, I like Japan and Anime etc.

Quote from selfmate

where are from if you don't mind me asking? (or rather where was your grandfatehr from?)

USA

US Forces Far East under Macarthur were the ones that occupied Japan.

Quote from selfmate

where are from if you don't mind me asking? (or rather where was your grandfatehr from?)

He was in 1st Cavalry Division. If you are more interested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)

1st Cavalry Division History - Occupation of Japan, 1945 - 1950

Quote from WinterStorm1

Ahh man how many of these old folks are gonna escape from the nursing home this week?!

Gonna be moving walkers and parking them in ur way