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He was lucky to survive in the prison.
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He was lucky to survive in the prison.The father of one of the Japanese families that we knew well in Tokyo had been a machine gunner in the IJA during the War. He was home on leave toward the latter part of the conflict and he told his family what he had seen and that the war was lost. Unknown to him, the Secret Police had put a man to investigate him and he had crawled up under the floor of the house and overheard that conversation. The father was arrested and imprisoned until the end of the War.
Thanks for sharing, Snautzer.1945 Japanese Traveling Dentist Yokohama WW2
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">WWII Press Photo 1945 Japanese Traveling Dentist Yokohama WW2. So many buildings were destroyed, so he has his equipment on a farm wagon and tries to find business. Measures about 9 X 13" and came from a large collection of original WWII...www.ebay.com
A couple of years later it was still quite common to see street vendors with improvised tools plying a trade. In both these photos, the men are wearing part of their old IJA uniforms. Japan was still wretchedly poor and many could not afford clothing or much food. This was a very difficult time for the Japanese people economically and their society was undergoing profound changes as well.1945 Japanese Traveling Dentist Yokohama WW2
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">WWII Press Photo 1945 Japanese Traveling Dentist Yokohama WW2. So many buildings were destroyed, so he has his equipment on a farm wagon and tries to find business. Measures about 9 X 13" and came from a large collection of original WWII...www.ebay.com
As they came to my hometown once a month periodically, my mother and grandmother had enough time to prepare.....A couple of years later it was still quite common to see street vendors with improvised tools plying a trade. In both these photos, the men are wearing part of their old IJA uniforms. Japan was still wretchedly poor and many could not afford clothing or much food. This was a very difficult time for the Japanese people economically and their society was undergoing profound changes as well.
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It is. Today one can see trades come from shops and into i.g. in trucks. Food is a big one.Thanks for sharing, Snautzer.
Yes, necessity is the mother of invention
Germany in February, 1944
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Source: DOITU (Germany, Feb.1944)
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Yoshimura-san, foreverInteresting, this thread got me thinking about "Pops" Yoshimura. He was training to be an aviator in the IJN before the war. An accident prevented him from being a pilot so, he became an aircraft mechanic.
In the 50s, he started working on motorcycles for a living. Later he was the first name in Superbike. Eddie Lawson's championship Kawasaki was tuned by Pops.
Wes Cooley too.
The man knew machines. There was a story of Yoshimura hand grinding a cam, stopping, rolling it in his palms and grinding it until it was right. The bike was a monster.