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Lovely shots shinpachi!
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Thanks, Hugh.
Kazuo Sakamaki (1918-1999)
The 1st Japanese POW during the Pacific War who was captured in Hawaii as a midget sub captain in December 1941. A POW was regarded almost same as a deserter at the time when everyone was prepared to die for the country. Even after the war was over, his life was not easy with disrespect in the society. He worked hard as a business man silently and later became the president of Toyota Brazil.
Kazuo Sakamaki (1918-1999)
The 1st Japanese POW during the Pacific War who was captured in Hawaii as a midget sub captain in December 1941. A POW was regarded almost same as a deserter at the time when everyone was prepared to die for the country. Even after the war was over, his life was not easy with disrespect in the society. He worked hard as a business man silently and later became the president of Toyota Brazil.
fubar57
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Good info. Seems pretty happy in his POW mug shot 
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fubar57
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Yikes, couldn't see that in the original
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fubar57
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Tough decision; useless if you die, shunned if you survive or surrender
fubar57
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Japanese battleship Yamato during sea trials, 1941...
....and at the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944. This hit did not cause serious damage...
....near her end, April 7th, 1945
"The Yamato's skipper, Ariga, rather than permit hallowed portraits of the Emperor and Empress to suffer the indignities of capture, arranged for an officer to secure himself in a room with the artwork. Ariga then ordered a seaman to bind him to a binnacle on the bridge. There he chewed biscuits, awaiting his inevitable fate.
In the bowels of the battleship, fire cooked off ammunition magazines, inducing shattering convulsions of the infrastructure. The subterranean blasts erupted through the steel decks into a 6,000-foot tongue of fire stretching into the sky. A four-mile pillar of smoke trailed the Yamato. At 2:23 in the afternoon, the great ship rolled over and sank, dragging down with it some 2,500 sailors. Only 269 survived."
In the bowels of the battleship, fire cooked off ammunition magazines, inducing shattering convulsions of the infrastructure. The subterranean blasts erupted through the steel decks into a 6,000-foot tongue of fire stretching into the sky. A four-mile pillar of smoke trailed the Yamato. At 2:23 in the afternoon, the great ship rolled over and sank, dragging down with it some 2,500 sailors. Only 269 survived."
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A sad end to mighty warship.
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Thanks for sharing fantastic pics and story, Geo.
Yamato is a legend for Japanese.
In 1992, a civilian scientific group organized by Yamato lovers attempted building a new Yamato based on the electromagnetic force. Experimental model worked but its speed was too slow to be expected practical use. As they gave up, this has been a legend of Yamato too. I still miss it.
Yamato is a legend for Japanese.
In 1992, a civilian scientific group organized by Yamato lovers attempted building a new Yamato based on the electromagnetic force. Experimental model worked but its speed was too slow to be expected practical use. As they gave up, this has been a legend of Yamato too. I still miss it.
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Ms Yoshiko Matsuda (1917-1956)
Wife of Yakuza Boss Giichi Matsuda(1911-1946).
After Giichi was killed by his man in 1946, she controlled the black market in Tokyo as new Boss.
Died of drug addiction in 1956.
Yoshiko and Giichi
Yoshiko and her followers
Source:
『《 新橋事件 》女親分 松田芳子』
Wife of Yakuza Boss Giichi Matsuda(1911-1946).
After Giichi was killed by his man in 1946, she controlled the black market in Tokyo as new Boss.
Died of drug addiction in 1956.
Yoshiko and Giichi
Yoshiko and her followers
Source:
『《 新橋事件 》女親分 松田芳子』
fubar57
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Powerful woman
buffnut453
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Interesting stuff Shinpachi. I often wondered about overlaps between the Yakuza and Imperial Japanese forces. I haven't seen any real studies so perhaps there wasn't any such overlap...although I'd be surprised if organized crime didn't leverage the expansion into China and other regions to expand influence and grow business.
fubar57
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Cool
